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Excerpt from The History of the Ancient Borough of Pontefract: Containing an Interesting Account of Its Castle, and the Three Different Sieges It Sustained, During the Civil War, With Notes and Pedigrees
The notes, containing some account of the fa milies of several distinguished persons in the castle, and of some m the army of the Parliament, have been derived from Wilson''s ms. Pedigrees, in the Leeds library, compared with another valuable copy in the possession of the Rt. Hon. J. Smyth, Heath, nea1 ''wake 1eld. Both these ms. Are copies fiom one in the possession of the late Dr. Riche1d son, of Bierly, near Bradford, collected by Mr. Hopkinson, the friend of Dugdale, from the records in Pontefrac''t Castle, previous to its demolition.
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The notes, containing some account of the fa milies of several distinguished persons in the castle, and of some m the army of the Parliament, have been derived from Wilson''s ms. Pedigrees, in the Leeds library, compared with another valuable copy in the possession of the Rt. Hon. J. Smyth, Heath, nea1 ''wake 1eld. Both these ms. Are copies fiom one in the possession of the late Dr. Riche1d son, of Bierly, near Bradford, collected by Mr. Hopkinson, the friend of Dugdale, from the records in Pontefrac''t Castle, previous to its demolition.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
B. Boothroyd
Published Date -
ISBN - 9780265688168
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 546
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Contributors
Author
B. Boothroyd
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ISBN - 9781331560319
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.9 cm
Page Count - 548
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