Memorials of
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共 195 题- Memorials of the Counties of England
- With many Illustrations
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- Halton Court Leet By V. B. Davies 106
- Cheshire and its Families By James Hall 194
- Index 277
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Hugh Lupus and his Parliament 22
- The Old Shire Hall, Chester 32
- Bruera Church, near Chester 68
- Baggily Hall; Section through Large Hall 85
- Interior of the Hall, Baggily Hall, Cheshire 85
- Almshouses, Commonhall Lane, Chester 86
- Almshouses, Commonhall Lane, Chester 87
- Bramall, the Porch (East End) 89
- Bramall, a Corner of the South Wing 90
- Moreton Old Hall, Gatehouse 92
- Moreton Hall, in the Courtyard 93
- Broxton Hall, Part Elevation of Gable 96
- House, Whitefriars, Chester 98
- Facsimile of Speed’s Autograph 229
- HISTORIC CHESHIRE
- THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER: ITS PLACE IN HISTORY
- There were seven of these Norman Earls, viz.:--
- I. Hugh Lupus, before mentioned.
- III. Randle Meschines, Viscount Bayeux of Normandy.
- IV. Randle Gernons.
- V. Hugh Cyveilioc.
- VI. Randle Blundeville.
- I. Nigel, Baron of Halton, High Constable of Cheshire.
- III. William, Baron of Wich Maldeberg (Nantwich).
- IV. Robert FitzHugh, Baron of Malpas.
- V. Richard Vernon, Baron of Shipbrook.
- VI. Hamo de Massie, Baron of Dunham-Massie.
- VIII. Nicholas, Baron of Stockport.
- IX. Robert, Baron of Rhuddlan.
- THE ABBEYS OF CHESHIRE
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- CHESHIRE CASTLES
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- THE TIMBER-FRAMED CHURCHES OF CHESHIRE
- THE WALLS AND ROWS OF CHESTER
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- THE HALF-TIMBERED ARCHITECTURE OF CHESHIRE
- By C. H. Minshull
- AN OLD CONSISTORY COURT
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- HALTON COURT LEET
- By V. B. Davies
- CHESHIRE WORTHIES
- SOLDIERS
- BISHOPS
- POETS
- JUDGES AND CHANCELLORS
- SCIENTISTS
- HISTORIANS
- THE FOUR RANDLE HOLMES OF CHESTER
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- THE CHESTER MYSTERY PLAYS
- The Chester MSS. extant are:--
- This appears to be the only time that they did so:--
- THE BANES
- THE BANES OR PROCLAMATION OF THE PLAYES.
- My third quotation must be:--
- THE PLAYS
- CHRIST’S ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM
- THE CORVYSORS PLAYE
- JESUS.
- PETRUS.
- PHILIPPE.
- LAZARRUS.
- Again in the _Crucifixion_:--
- SECUNDUS JUDAEUS.
- TERCIUS JUDAEUS.
- QUARTUS JUDAEUS.
- SECUNDUS JUDAEUS.
- THE GOOD GOSSIPS’ SONG.
- JESUS.
- THE EIGHTH PAGEANT--“THE THREE KINGS.”
- FIRST KING.
- Then they dismount, and the Third King hands his horse to attendants:--
- FIRST KING.
- SECOND KING.
- THIRD KING.
- Then they fall on their knees, and the angel says:--
- To which the Third King replies:--
- And then one MS. has the stage direction:--
- FIRST KING.
- SECOND KING.
- MESSENGER.
- THIRD KING.
- MESSENGER.
- FIRST KING.
- HEROD.
- THIRD KING.
- Then Herod bursts forth in the following fine ranting speech:[44]--
- HEROD.
- The Kings then answer:--
- Herod says:--
- DOCTOR.
- HEROD.
- DOCTOR.
- DOCTOR.
- Then, concealing his anger, he turns to the Kings and suavely says:--
- FIRST KING.
- SECOND KING.
- THIRD KING.
- HEROD.
- Immediately the Kings retire, Herod breaks forth again:--
- But to-morrow he will--
- Now he can do no more, and he sinks back, exhausted, into a chair:--
- THE SIEGE OF CHESTER
- By the Archdeacon of Chester[46]
- FROM SLINGSBY’S DIARY.
- CHESHIRE AND ITS FAMILIES
- By James Hall
- Whitney, in his _Emblem_, dedicated to “I. I. esquier,” says:--
- Under the Egerton shield:--
- Under the Warburton shield:--
- SOME CHESHIRE CROSSES
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- ECHOES FROM FARNDON
- By the late Rev. L. E. Owen
- SOME CHESHIRE CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, AND FOLK-LORE
- SOULING
- Other verses are:--
- The following is a Lancashire reference:--
- At Oswestry, on the Welsh border, it is customary to begin with:--
- Aubrey wrote regarding Shropshire thus:--
- MARLING
- RUSH-BEARING
- PACE-EGGING
- I.
- II.
- IV.
- VI.
- VII.
- MAYING
- CHESHIRE MAY SONG
- II
- III
- In the Halliwell-Phillipps’ version each verse ends with
- LIFTING
- HARVEST HOME
- CORNAGE
- PROVERBS AND SAYINGS
- LOCAL RHYMES
- SUNDRY SAWS
- Farm servants dissatisfied say:--
- Children irritate bulls by shouting:--
- PHENOMENA
- THE MOON.
- LEGENDS
- BRERETON--BAG OR BLACK MERE.
- Sir Philip Sidney, in _Seven Wonders of England_, says:--
- CAPESTHORN--RUDESMERE, OR REEDSMERE.
- ROSTHERNE MERE.
- COMBERMERE
- BELLS
- Ray says:--
- The following is a Cheshire distich on bells:--
- BIRDS
- Two cocks answer one another:--
- GAMES
- The following are additional “counting-out” specimens:--
- MUSIC
- Miss Stanley writes from Alderley Park--
- Just over the border, in Lancashire, the version runs--
- CHURCHES
- In 1785, at Farndon, we find--
- WELLS
- ROBERT NIXON
- The following are a few of Nixon’s prophecies:--
- The following is unintelligible:--
- Paid for a book concerning ye disorders of cattle £0 1 0[69]
- Paid for a book about the horned cattle £0 0 8
- TWO CHESHIRE SAINTS
- By the Archdeacon of Chester
- She gently but firmly declines, saying:--
- This may be freely translated as follows:--
- INDEX
- THE END
- Selections from George Allen & Sons’ List
- MEMORIALS OF THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND
- THE BRITISH EMPIRE
- COUNTY CHURCHES
- The following volumes will be published immediately:--
- Transcriber's Notes
- 1. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
- 6. Page 7: "Æthelflœd" has been changed to "Æthelflæd".
- 11. Pages 51 and 53: "Dunham Massy" has been changed to "Dunham Massey".
- 12. Pages 195 and 196: "Peckforten" has been changed to "Peckforton".
- 13. Page 197: "Wythenshaw" has been changed to "Wythenshawe".
- 14. Page 268: "Ethelfreda" has been changed to "Ethelfleda".