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Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)

Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 176

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r, fouith daughter of HenryEarl of Lancaster, was prioress in 1202. Florence Bormewe,the last prioress but one, at the dissolution of the monasteriesrefused to surrender her abbey to tlie Kings emissaries. Theywrote : Albeit we have used as maiy ways as our poor witscould attain, yet in the e id we… … KENT HOUSE —THE EAST GATE. ICS GARDENS OLD AND Kmi^. 1 lieg my bieaJ, and as for pension 1 care for none. Deatlisoon afterwards released her from the humiliation of surrender.Joan Darell, the last prioress, was more pliant, and surren-dered to Henry VIU., December 4th, 1540. According to Tanner,…

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