The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... Abbot to the monastery of Paisley . Owing , however , to the objections of the Abbey of Clugny , this was not effected till 1245 . Walter , the third Steward , died in 1246 , and was succeeded by his son , Alexander , who was the last ...
... Abbot to the monastery of Paisley . Owing , however , to the objections of the Abbey of Clugny , this was not effected till 1245 . Walter , the third Steward , died in 1246 , and was succeeded by his son , Alexander , who was the last ...
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... Abbots , and deposing them when found in fault . Towards the close of the thirteenth century the great forests of oak and beech , which had covered the district , were becoming gradually cleared , and an enclosure for deer existed east ...
... Abbots , and deposing them when found in fault . Towards the close of the thirteenth century the great forests of oak and beech , which had covered the district , were becoming gradually cleared , and an enclosure for deer existed east ...
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... Abbot Thomas Tarvis , who died in 1459 , little seems to have been done in rebuilding the Abbey , since it had been burned by the English . He not only put the church in proper order for holding service , but repaired to .66 CONTRIBUTED ...
... Abbot Thomas Tarvis , who died in 1459 , little seems to have been done in rebuilding the Abbey , since it had been burned by the English . He not only put the church in proper order for holding service , but repaired to .66 CONTRIBUTED ...
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... Abbot of Paslay , the quhilk was ane richt gud man , and helplyk to the place of ony that ever was ; for he did mony ... Abbot Tarvis the regality , into which the Abbey lands had been erected by Robert III . In 1472 another good Abbot ...
... Abbot of Paslay , the quhilk was ane richt gud man , and helplyk to the place of ony that ever was ; for he did mony ... Abbot Tarvis the regality , into which the Abbey lands had been erected by Robert III . In 1472 another good Abbot ...
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Historical Sketch. THE TOWN OF PAISLEY : It magistrates were appointed by the Abbot . need scarcely be said that the new Burgh caused a good deal of jealousy to Renfrew , whose in- habitants , in the dead of night , came to the market ...
Historical Sketch. THE TOWN OF PAISLEY : It magistrates were appointed by the Abbot . need scarcely be said that the new Burgh caused a good deal of jealousy to Renfrew , whose in- habitants , in the dead of night , came to the market ...
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Abbey Abbot Abercorn appointed Bailies Baillie and Council Barr & M'Nab Barrhead bell boats Brown building built burgesses burgh called Campbell Canal Cart Causeyside cholera Church City of Glasgow Clyde coach Coats Cochran CONTRIBUTED BY J. W. C. County Craig Cross death died Dunoon Earl Edinburgh Elderslie erected feet Foxbar Gavin Stewart Glasgow Bank Gleniffer Braes Gourock Greenock HISTORICAL SKETCH horse hour inhabitants James John Johnstone Joseph Whitehead July Kelburne Kerr Kilbarchan King kirk Lady Brisbane Lady Kelburne Lord magistrates manufacture meeting Messrs Barr Miss morning named Neilston o'clock Paslay passengers Peter Coats population pounds Scots Presbytery prisoners Provost quhilk race received Renfrew Renfrew Railway Renfrewshire river Robert Saint Mirin sall Scotland Scots Sheriff Sneddon Spiers steamer steeple Stewart stones Stranraer subscriptions taken tion Tolbooth took place Town Council TOWN OF PAISLEY unemployed William Wynd