Description of Nuneham-Courtenay: In the County of OxfordPrivately printed, 1806 - 72 pagina's |
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... Richard de Curcy : afterwards to the family of Riparys , or Redvers . Mary , youngest daugh- ter of Wm . de Redvers , Earl of Devon , ( who , as well as his uncle William , was furnamed de Vernon , ) married Robert de Courtenay , Baron ...
... Richard de Curcy : afterwards to the family of Riparys , or Redvers . Mary , youngest daugh- ter of Wm . de Redvers , Earl of Devon , ( who , as well as his uncle William , was furnamed de Vernon , ) married Robert de Courtenay , Baron ...
Pagina 13
... Richard Wefton , Earl of Portland , Lord Treasurer in the reign of Charles I. an old copy after Vandyk . The Duke of Schomberg , by Kneller . Philip , Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery , by old Stone after Vandyk . A head of one of the ...
... Richard Wefton , Earl of Portland , Lord Treasurer in the reign of Charles I. an old copy after Vandyk . The Duke of Schomberg , by Kneller . Philip , Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery , by old Stone after Vandyk . A head of one of the ...
Pagina 23
... Richard de Camville , who brought the manor of Stanton into the Harcourt family : he adhered to King John in the Barons ' wars , was at the fiege of Damietta in the Holy Land an . 1216 , and go- vernor of Tamworth Caftle 1219. He ...
... Richard de Camville , who brought the manor of Stanton into the Harcourt family : he adhered to King John in the Barons ' wars , was at the fiege of Damietta in the Holy Land an . 1216 , and go- vernor of Tamworth Caftle 1219. He ...
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... Richard Lord Grey of Cod- nar , obiit 17th of Richard II . From her mo- nument at Stanton Harcourt . Sir Robert Harcourt , fon of Sir Thomas and Joan , daughter of Sir Robert Francis . He was Sheriff of Leicester and Warwickshire 1445 ...
... Richard Lord Grey of Cod- nar , obiit 17th of Richard II . From her mo- nument at Stanton Harcourt . Sir Robert Harcourt , fon of Sir Thomas and Joan , daughter of Sir Robert Francis . He was Sheriff of Leicester and Warwickshire 1445 ...
Pagina 32
... Richard Raynal , of Ford , Devon ; wife to Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle . Under it , Bacchus and Ariadne , after Guido , by his fcholar , Simon da Pesaro : a fine copy . THE KING'S DRESSING ROOM . Over the chimney , a ...
... Richard Raynal , of Ford , Devon ; wife to Sir William Courtenay of Powderham Castle . Under it , Bacchus and Ariadne , after Guido , by his fcholar , Simon da Pesaro : a fine copy . THE KING'S DRESSING ROOM . Over the chimney , a ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Description of Nuneham-Courtenay: In the County of Oxford Earl George Simon Harcourt Harcourt Volledige weergave - 1806 |
Description of Nuneham-Courtenay: In the County of Oxford George Simon Harcourt Harcourt Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
Description of Nuneham-Courtenay: In the County of Oxford (1806) George Simon Harcourt Harcourt,Horace Walpole,Joshua Reynolds Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2009 |
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Pagina 53 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Pagina 4 - Calvert Wright, fold it to John Robinfon, of London, Merchant (temp. Ol. Cromwell) Knighted in 1660, by King Charles II, and made Lieutenant of the Tower. From the Robinfons it defcended to David Earl of Wemys, (who married Mary, daughter and Coheir of Sir John Robinfon, Baronet) from whom it was purchafed in the year 1710, by Simon, firft Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor of England. The Houfe was built by the late Earl, but has fince been much altered and enlarged (by the addition of a Court...
Pagina 48 - Her tree could shield her from the noontide blaze And from the tempest screen her little seat. Here with her Colin oft the faithful maid, Had led the dance, the envious youths among. Here when his aged bones in earth were laid. The patient matron turned her wheel and sung.
Pagina 3 - HARCOURT. .AT the general survey this manor belonged to Richard de Curcy : afterwards to the Family of Riparys, or Redvers. Mary, youngest daughter of William de Redvers, Earl of Devon, (who, as well as his uncle William, was surnamed de Vernon,) married Robert de Courtenay, Baron of Okehampton, in 1214.
Pagina 32 - KING'S DRESSING ROOM. Over the chimney, a Turkifh army on its jnarch in Egypt, by Wyck. On the fide, Elizabeth, daughter of Simon Earl Harcourt, wife of Sir William Lee, Bart, of Hartwell, Bucks; by Mifs Read. Mary le Pel, wife of John Baron Hervey of Ichworth, eldeft fon of John firft Earl of Briftol, of that family ; painted at Paris, by la Tour. A very curious ancient picture, of the Court of Wards and Liveries, with portraits of the Officers, Servants, and other perfons there affembled : the...
Pagina 11 - Domini, and that is enough to silence all passion in me. The God of Peace in His good time send us peace ! and in the mean time fit us to receive it. We are both on the stage, and we must act the parts that are assigned us in this tragedy. Let us do it in a way of honour, and without personal animosities.
Pagina 52 - Fronting the Gate is a Bust of FLORA on a Therm > Here springs the Violet all newe, And fresh Perwinke riche of hewe ; And Mouris yalowe, white, and rede, Such plenti grew ther ner in mede : Full gai is all the Grounde, and queint And poudrid, as Men had it peint, With many a fresh and sondry Floure ' That c;istin up ful gode savoure.
Pagina 19 - Paris. On the other fide, the Nativity, by Bronzino. Under it, St. John preaching in the Wildernefs, by Albano ; from the collection of the Earl of Waldegrave. Mars, Venus, and Cupids, by Nicolo Pouflin, very capital; from the collection of Mr.
Pagina 48 - Courtenay to iu present site, s'io petitioned for leave to remain in her old habitation. Her request was complied with, and her cottage not pulled down till after her death. A poem WHS written on this subject by Whitehead, and placed on a seat beneath the tree.
Pagina 56 - In this thy lov'd retreat we pleas'd descry. Ah, Mason ! in the scene thy fancy drest Oft shall the sigh of sorrow heave the breast ; Oft recollection picture to the mind The various talents that in thee were join'd. And, while thy lofty genius well may claim The brightest guerdon from the hand of fame, Thy simple manners, that disdain'd...