Priors

This was in the year 1282, and the companies of the Arts, since magistrates had been appointed and colors given to them, had acquired so great influence, that of their own authority they ordered that, instead of fourteen citizens, three should be appointed and called Priors, to hold the government of the republic two months, and chosen from either the people or the nobility.

The History of Florence 2003

At first they were only called Priors, but to increase their distinction the word signori, or lords, was soon afterward adopted.

The History of Florence 2003

The second, known as the Priors 'Door, opens into the south aisle from the eastern alley of the cloister, is also Norman.

Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See Joseph E. Bygate

This was in the year 1282, and the companies of the Arts, since magistrates had been appointed and colors given to them, had acquired so great influence, that of their own authority they ordered that, instead of fourteen citizens, three should be appointed and called Priors, to hold the government of the republic two months, and chosen from either the people or the nobility.

History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy Niccol�� Machiavelli 1498

They said they were full and made no effort to find me a bed somewhere else in Ditton Priors.

When the US Army came to Ditton Priors 2009

And if you approach the area from the country end - along the trackbed of the Cleobury Mortimer & Ditton Priors Light Railway - you are still met by a forest of minatory signs.

When the US Army came to Ditton Priors 2009

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When the US Army came to Ditton Priors 2009

In 1939, as war loomed, the Admiralty had constructed a vast armaments depot at Ditton Priors in the remote country behind Brown Clee.

When the US Army came to Ditton Priors 2009

Hi Jonathan, I live in Ditton Priors and I would have gladly put you up for the night.

When the US Army came to Ditton Priors 2009

My theory did not work in Ditton Priors - this is some years ago now.

When the US Army came to Ditton Priors 2009