Rutlandshire
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His father is the Marquess of Exeter; from him some day Lord Burghley will inherit enormous estates in Northamptonshire and Rutlandshire.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1598, a Rutlandshire clergyman-schoolteacher, Francis Meres, "specifically names twelve of his plays," compares them to the works of Horace, Homer, Sophocles.
From Time Magazine Archive
This warlike prelate was in Rutlandshire when the news of the revolt came.
From An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England by Cheyney, Edward Potts
Joan Willimott then “fyled” herself for a witch, saying that she had a spirit called Pretty, given to her by her master, William Berry of Langholme, in Rutlandshire, whom she had served three years.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
Camden informs us, that she was honored with particular devotion at Rihal, a town near the river Wash, in Rutlandshire.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban
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