This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...Berkshire.--Almshouses were founded here by John Estbury in 1485. Until late years the almoners met twice daily for prayer, in rude stalls arranged around his tomb. Lanchester, Durham.--William Whittingham, one of the scholars of the time of the Reformation, was born at Homeside Hall in this parish. He was led by study ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1882 Excerpt: ...Berkshire.--Almshouses were founded here by John Estbury in 1485. Until late years the almoners met twice daily for prayer, in rude stalls arranged around his tomb. Lanchester, Durham.--William Whittingham, one of the scholars of the time of the Reformation, was born at Homeside Hall in this parish. He was led by study to the avowal of evangelical truth; he was fortunate enough to escape the Marian persecution, and formed one of the company of exiles for conscience sake at Frankfort. He married Calvin's sister, and applied himself to the revision of Tyndale's translation of the Bible, which he worked at diligently, until he edited the whole Bible in that Geneva version so dear to our Puritan forefathers. Landulph, Cornwall.--The living of the Rev. Francis Vyvyan lago Arundell, author of The Seven Churches of Asia Minor, which he was the first to rediscover and identify, while he was chaplain at Smyrna. He was a good and learned man, given to the study of his Greek Testament, and content to rest quietly upon evangelical truth. He died about the year 1840. Lanercost Abbey, Cumberland.--This parish is crossed by the Roman Wall, and was an important station. Altars have been found dedicated to Jupiter Optimus Maximus. Here also are the ruins of an Augustine priory, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, founded in 1169. Langham, Essex.--John Went, of this parish, was one of the seven faithful and godly martyrs burnt together at Smithfield under Bonner, in 1556. Langley Marsh, Buckinghamshire.--The church here has an ancient library, given by Sir John Kidderminster for the use of the ministers of the parish and neighbourhood. It is contained in a curiously-decorated room, and contains about three hundred volumes, chiefly the Fathers and early divines. Langport, Somers...
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