Bristollia: Or, Memoirs of the City of Bristol, Both Civil and Ecclesiastical. In Two Parts. Part I. An Essay Towards an Account of the History and Antiquities of that Eminent City, ... Part II. A. Topographical View of Bristol, Describing the City in General, ... To which is Prefixed, by Way of Introduction, a Dissertation on the Antiquity of Bristol. By Andrew Hooke, ...J. Hodges; and sold, 1743 - 64 pages |
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Abbat afterwards againſt alfo alſo altho antient Antiquaries Antiquity of BRISTOL apud Archbishop Authority Avon becauſe Belga Bishop Brennus BRIS BRISTOL Brit BRITAINS Britannia British Caer CAER BRITO Cafe Caftle Cair Camden Caſtle Caufe Chron City confequently Country Court Crown Dobuni Edgar Atheling England faid fame fays feems fent fettled fhall fhould fince firft firſt flain Florence of Worcester flouriſhed fome foon fuch fuppofe fupported Gentleman Harold Henry of Huntingdon Hift Hiftorians Hiftory himſelf Iceni Iſland Kair King King's Kingdom laft Leland Lord of BRISTOW Lordship of BRISTOW moft moſt Name Nante Badon Ninnius Ninnius's Norman Normandy Note Number obferve Occafion Paffage Perfon Place pofitive prefent Prince Ptolemy Ptolemy's purpoſe quæ Queen MAUD Rapin Reaſoning refpect Reign River Frome ROBERT FITZHAMON Saxon Scriptores Sirnamed RUFUS Sirnamed the CONQUEROR Teftimony thefe theſe thofe thoſe uſe VENTA BELGARUM Vortigern whofe William William Rufus Winchester
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Page 22 - Soon after this," according to Asser, "there arose a sharp and grievous dissention between Grymbold and those learned men whom he brought hither with him, and the old scholars whom he found here at his coming ; for these absolutely refused to comply with the statutes, institutions, and forms of reading, prescribed by Grymbold. The difference proceeded to no great height for the space of three years, yet there was always a private grudge and enmity between them, which soon after broke out with the...
Page 57 - York it may juttly claim the Pre-eminence over all the Cities in Britain \ for the Trade of many Nations is drawn hither by the Convenience of Commerce, and. of the Harbour, which receives Veflels under Sail into the very Heart 'of the City :' And the Avon fwells fo high, by the coming in of the Tide, that Ships upon the Shallows are borne Up eleven or twelve Fathoms. The Citizens drive...
Page 65 - A petition of the master, wardens, assistants, and commonalty, of the Society of Merchants Adventurers in the City of Bristol...
Page 19 - Besides these there were Kair-Draiton, Kair-Mercipit, and Kair-Segent, on the Thames, not far from Reading, and which the Saxons called Silchester. These were the names of the cities in the times of the Romans and Britons2. Since the beginning of history there have been five inflictions of the Divine wrath on the people of Britain ; the visitations of Providence falling on the faithful, as well as its judgments on unbelievers. The first was by the Romans, who conquered Britain, but after a time withdrew...
Page 23 - Year there was an Earthquake in England, and a Froft, from the Beginning of November, till the Middle of April following.
Page 58 - Mag'iftrate, for he was five Times Mayor of this City ; the other in the Habit of a Clergyman, for in hi* latter Days he took Orders, and was Deari of the ObJkge which he himjelf had founded at If'eftbury.
Page 43 - Oppofition between them, the latter ought to be corrected by the former, and not the former by the latter...