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But on this stretch of coastline, that right devolved to the Lord Paramount of the Seigniory of Holderness, Sir Clifford Constable.
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But on this stretch of coastline, that right devolved to the Lord Paramount of the Seigniory of Holderness, Sir Clifford Constable.
March 2007 2007
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Of the Seigniory there be about three hundreth, and about fourtie of the priuie Counsell of Venice, who vsually are arayed in gownes of crimsen Satten, or crimsen
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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To tell you of the duke of Venice, and of the Seigniory: there is one chosen that euer beareth the name of a duke, but in trueth hee is but seruant of his Seigniorie, for of himselfe hee can doe litle: it is no otherwise with him, then with a Priest that is at
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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I might say that I have been many times to Canada and to the Seigniory Club off and on for a number of years.
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M.J. - E. Roy's "Histoire de la Seigneurie de Lauzon," of which five volumes have been published (the last, Levis, Quebec, 1904) is the most detailed and authoritative account of a Canadian Seigniory.
A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 George M. Wrong
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His name, as “Terrius de Bevra,” (Bevere, or Bever-lee in Holderness), he holding the Seigniory of that country, appears among the “Milites Flandriæ” in the rolls of Ban and Arriere Ban, in the time of Philip Augustus.
Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter James Conway Walter
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For the ancient Seigniory of Cataraqui still holds a dream which time has made tranquil but never really disturbed.
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The Seigniory of Florence had for the decoration of its council hall opened a contest for the portrayal of two patriotic subjects drawn from the annals of the Republic.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Dominique made such speed back along it that he came in sight of Boisveyrac as the bell in the little chapel of the Seigniory began to ring the
Fort Amity Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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