The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... Renfrew , and many of his compatriots joined him from England and be- came his vassals . In 1164 , Somerled , Thane of Argyle , as on previous occasions , landed on Strathgryff and plundered the country as far as Renfrew , where he was ...
... Renfrew , and many of his compatriots joined him from England and be- came his vassals . In 1164 , Somerled , Thane of Argyle , as on previous occasions , landed on Strathgryff and plundered the country as far as Renfrew , where he was ...
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... Renfrew till the completion of the convent at Paisley , when they removed thither . At this period there was a village with a mill contiguous to the monastery . The village also possessed a church , as we learn from the charter of the ...
... Renfrew till the completion of the convent at Paisley , when they removed thither . At this period there was a village with a mill contiguous to the monastery . The village also possessed a church , as we learn from the charter of the ...
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... Renfrew and Paisley , was thrown from her horse and killed . We will allow the old historian , Crawford , to finish the story : - " She being pregnant , fell in labour of King Robert II .; the child or foetus was a Cæsar . The ope ...
... Renfrew and Paisley , was thrown from her horse and killed . We will allow the old historian , Crawford , to finish the story : - " She being pregnant , fell in labour of King Robert II .; the child or foetus was a Cæsar . The ope ...
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... Renfrew . In 1487 the taking of these customs caused a serious broil between the villagers and the Royal Burgh , for which the people of Paisley were fined at Renfrew . To free his people from further oppression , the Abbot resolved ...
... Renfrew . In 1487 the taking of these customs caused a serious broil between the villagers and the Royal Burgh , for which the people of Paisley were fined at Renfrew . To free his people from further oppression , the Abbot resolved ...
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... Renfrew , whose in- habitants , in the dead of night , came to the market place and knocked down the newly erected cross . For this they met with the dis- pleasure of the King ; but , nothing daunted , they returned on a market day and ...
... Renfrew , whose in- habitants , in the dead of night , came to the market place and knocked down the newly erected cross . For this they met with the dis- pleasure of the King ; but , nothing daunted , they returned on a market day and ...
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