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They are considered, I believe, to be memorials of the priors of Anglesey, a neighbouring religious house.
NOTES AND QUERIES, NUMBER 69, FEBRUARY 22, 1851VARIOUSAlbatrosses followed in our wake, accompanied by their smaller satellites—Cape hens, priors, Lesson's and Wilson petrels.
THE HOME OF THE BLIZZARDDOUGLAS MAWSONThus the monastery grew through successive priors, till it was one of the largest religious houses in London.
HIGHWAYS AND BYWAYS IN LONDONMRS. E. T. COOK.The two Franciscan stalwarts remained in the Priors' chapel.
THE STORY OF FLORENCEEDMUND G. GARDNERThe Priors folk will then go apart and judge the accused, a few of the hundredors going with them to act as assessors.
DOMESDAY BOOK AND BEYONDFREDERIC WILLIAM MAITLANDAnd even under hard and exacting priors the monks could take no more than their rentals, which were so small.
THE FIFTH QUEEN CROWNEDFORD MADOX FORDWhile here, he received a letter from the Priors of his birthplace, Città della Pieve, inviting him to paint a fresco there.
PERUGINOSELWYN BRINTONThe Priors of Noyes were bound to keep it in good repair by reason of the lands they held on both sides of it.
NOTWITHSTANDINGMARY CHOLMONDELEYThe Abbots and Priors had sworn to the supremacy, but had sworn reluctantly, with secret reservations to save their consciences.
THE DIVORCE OF CATHERINE OF ARAGONJ.A. FROUDEOver some of our Scotch lazar-houses, chaplains, and religious officers with the high-church title of priors, were placed.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL ESSAYS VOL. 2JAMES Y. SIMPSON