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A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6 Describes the history of the hundred of Leyland, including the parishes of Chorley and Standish. It also covers part of the hundred of Blackburn, including the parish of Blackburn itself.
Hace 4 días · House of Lancaster: John of Lancaster 1374–1375: Catherine of Lancaster 1373–1418 Queen of Castile and León: Henry III 1379–1406 King of Castile: Edmund Mortimer 1352–1381 3rd Earl of March: Philippa of Clarence 1355–1382 5th Countess of Ulster & 6th Baroness of Connaught: House of Trastámara: Roger Mortimer 1374–1398 ...
Hace 4 días · The order of succession determined in 1376 led the House of Lancaster to the throne in 1399 (John of Gaunt was Duke of Lancaster), whereas the rule decided by Edward I would have favoured Philippa's descendants, among them the House of York, beginning with Richard of York, her great-grandson.
Hace 3 días · The house of the Black Friars at Lancaster was founded about 1260 by Sir Hugh Harrington, kt. In September, 1291, the archbishop of York instructed them to have three brothers preaching the Crusade on Holy Cross Day, one at Lancaster, another in Kendal, and a third in Lonsdale.
Hace 2 días · A part-volume detailing the religious houses of the county, including the major Cistercian house of Furness, and the early history of the parish church (later cathedral) of Manchester. Victoria County History - Lancaster. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1908.
Hace 3 días · The public buildings which sprang up include the Custom House, built in 1764 from a design by Richard Gillow, founder of the great cabinet-making house ; the Town Hall, 1781–3 ; the Skerton Bridge, 1788, from the plan of Thomas Harrison, afterwards of Chester ; and the poor-house, about the same time.
Hace 2 días · Hostetter built his family’s farm on a 150-acre grant of land from William Penn’s sons in 1745 in what today is the neighborhood of Engleside, south of Lancaster City. Now, 10 generations and 279 years later, the homestead is again back in the Hostetter family’s name.
