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Abbey Park, Leicester
Abbey Park is a public park in Leicester, England, through which the River Soar flows. It is owned and managed by Leicester City Council. It opened in 1882 on the flood plain of the River Soar, and expanded in 1932 to include the area west of the river that had formerly been the medieval St Mary's Abbey, still bounded by large medieval walls. The park includes the archaeological sites of the Abbey and the ruins of Cavendish House, along with a wide range of decorative and recreational parkland features.
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Abbot
Abbot, meaning father, is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various traditions, including Christianity.
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Act of Supremacy 1558
The Act of Supremacy (1 Eliz 1 c 1), also referred to as the Act of Supremacy 1558, is an act of the Parliament of England, passed under the auspices of Elizabeth I. It replaced the original Act of Supremacy 1534 issued by Elizabeth's father, Henry VIII, which arrogated ecclesiastical authority to the monarchy, and which had been repealed by Mary I. Along with the Act of Uniformity 1558 it made up what is generally referred to as the Elizabethan Religious Settlement.
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Act of Uniformity 1558
The Act of Uniformity 1558 (1 Eliz 1 c 2) was an Act of the Parliament of England.
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Adstock
For the municipality in Quebec, see Adstock, Quebec Adstock is a village and civil parish about northwest of Winslow and southeast of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire.
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Advowson
Advowson (or "patronage") is the right in English law of a patron (avowee) to present to the diocesan bishop (or in some cases the ordinary if not the same person) a nominee for appointment to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church living, a process known as presentation (jus praesentandi, Latin: "the right of presenting").
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All Saints Church, Leicester
All Saints' Church is a redundant Anglican church in High Cross Street, Leicester, England.
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Almonry
An almonry (Lat. eleemosynarium, Fr. aumônerie, Ger. Almosenhaus) is the place or chamber where alms were distributed to the poor in churches or other ecclesiastical buildings.
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Anstey, Leicestershire
Anstey is a large village in Leicestershire, England, located north west of Leicester in the borough of Charnwood.
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Arnesby
Arnesby is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.
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Asfordby
Asfordby is a village and civil parish in the Melton district of Leicestershire, to the west of Melton Mowbray on the A6006 road.
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Assumption of Mary
The Assumption of Mary into Heaven (often shortened to the Assumption and also known as the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin, Mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ and the Falling Asleep of the Blessed Virgin Mary (the Dormition)) is, according to the beliefs of the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, and parts of Anglicanism, the bodily taking up of the Virgin Mary into Heaven at the end of her earthly life.
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Augustine of Hippo
Saint Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a Roman African, early Christian theologian and philosopher from Numidia whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy.
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Augustinians
The term Augustinians, named after Augustine of Hippo (354–430), applies to two distinct types of Catholic religious orders, dating back to the first millennium but formally created in the 13th century, and some Anglican religious orders, created in the 19th century, though technically there is no "Order of St.
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Barkby
Barkby is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England.
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Barrow upon Soar
Barrow upon Soar is a large village in northern Leicestershire, in the Soar Valley between Leicester and Loughborough.
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Battle of Naseby
The Battle of Naseby was a decisive engagement of the English Civil War, fought on 14 June 1645 between the main Royalist army of King Charles I and the Parliamentarian New Model Army, commanded by Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.
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Billesdon
Billesdon is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of 745 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 901 at the 2011 census.
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Billing, Northamptonshire
Billing is a civil parish in eastern Northampton in England, covering the Great Billing, Little Billing, Ecton Brook and Bellinge areas.
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Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.
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Bitteswell
Bitteswell is a small village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bitteswell with Bittesby, in the Harborough district of Leicestershire in England.
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Blaby
Blaby is a village in central Leicestershire, England, some five miles south of Leicester city centre.
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Black Death
The Black Death, also known as the Great Plague, the Black Plague, or simply the Plague, was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated people in Eurasia and peaking in Europe from 1347 to 1351.
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Brackley
Brackley is a town in Northamptonshire, England, from Oxford and from Northampton.
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Braunstone Town
Braunstone is a civil parish and is the largest parish within the district of Blaby in Leicestershire, England, now known as the Town of Braunstone or more commonly, Braunstone Town.
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Bulkington
Bulkington is a large village and former civil parish in the Nuneaton and Bedworth district of Warwickshire, England.
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Calke Abbey
Calke Abbey is a Grade I listed country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, in the care of the charitable National Trust.
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Cambridge
Cambridge is a university city and the county town of Cambridgeshire, England, on the River Cam approximately north of London.
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Canons regular
Canons regular are priests in the Western Church living in community under a rule ("regula" in Latin), and sharing their property in common.
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Cardinal (Catholic Church)
A cardinal (Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae cardinalis, literally Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church) is a senior ecclesiastical leader, considered a Prince of the Church, and usually an ordained bishop of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Catherine of Aragon
Catherine of Aragon (16 December 1485 – 7 January 1536), was Queen of England from June 1509 until May 1533 as the first wife of King Henry VIII; she was previously Princess of Wales as the wife of Henry's elder brother Arthur.
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Catherine Parr
Catherine Parr (alternatively spelled Katherine, Katheryn or Katharine, signed 'Katheryn the Quene KP') was Queen of England and Ireland (1543–47) as the last of the six wives of King Henry VIII, and the final queen consort of the House of Tudor.
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Cavalier
The term Cavalier was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier Royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – c. 1679).
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Chancel
In church architecture, the chancel is the space around the altar, including the choir and the sanctuary (sometimes called the presbytery), at the liturgical east end of a traditional Christian church building.
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Chapterhouse
For the religious buildings, see Chapter house Chapterhouse were a British shoegazing/alternative rock band from Reading, Berkshire, England.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Chatsworth House
Chatsworth House is a stately home in Derbyshire, England, in the Derbyshire Dales north-east of Bakewell and west of Chesterfield.
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Chesham
Chesham is a market town in the Chiltern Hills, Buckinghamshire, England.
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Christian Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire
Christian(a) Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire (died 1675) was an influential Anglo-Scottish landowner and royalist.
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Church of St Mary de Castro, Leicester
St Mary de Castro is an ancient, Grade I listed church in Leicester, England, located within the former bailey of Leicester Castle.
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Clifton-upon-Dunsmore
Clifton-upon-Dunsmore is a village and civil parish in the Rugby borough of Warwickshire in England.
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Cloister
A cloister (from Latin claustrum, "enclosure") is a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth.
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Cockerham
Cockerham is a small village and civil parish within the City of Lancaster in Lancashire, England.
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Cockerham Priory
Cockerham Priory was a priory served by Austin Canons in Cockerham, Lancashire, England.
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Cosby, Leicestershire
Cosby is a village in the English county of Leicestershire.
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Cossington, Leicestershire
Cossington is a village within the Soar Valley in Leicestershire, England.
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Croft, Leicestershire
Croft is a village in Leicestershire, England, off the old Fosse Way and straddling the River Soar.
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Curdworth
Curdworth is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England.
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Demesne
In the feudal system, the demesne was all the land which was retained by a lord of the manor for his own use and support, under his own management, as distinguished from land sub-enfeoffed by him to others as sub-tenants.
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Diocese of Lincoln
The Diocese of Lincoln forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
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Dishley Grange
Dishley Grange is a house in Dishley, Leicestershire, just north-west of Loughborough on the A6 road.
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Dissolution of the Monasteries
The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.
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Divination
Divination (from Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god", related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual.
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Dower house
On an English, Scottish or Welsh estate, a dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the estate-owner.
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Earl of Dysart
Earl of Dysart (pronounced) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland.
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East Langton
East Langton (derived from the Anglo-Saxon word for an enclosure, meaning "long town") is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England.
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Eastwell, Leicestershire
Eastwell is a village and ecclesiastical parish in Leicestershire, England.
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Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough
Edward Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings of Loughborough, KG (c. 1521 in Loughborough, Leicestershire-1571) was an English peer, the fourth son of George Hastings, 1st Earl of Huntingdon.
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Edward III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.
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Edward VI of England
Edward VI (12 October 1537 – 6 July 1553) was King of England and Ireland from 28 January 1547 until his death.
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Edward VII
Edward VII (Albert Edward; 9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India from 22 January 1901 until his death in 1910.
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Elizabeth I of England
Elizabeth I (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603) was Queen of England and Ireland from 17 November 1558 until her death on 24 March 1603.
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Enderby, Leicestershire
Enderby is a small town and civil parish in Leicestershire, on the southwest outskirts of the city of Leicester.
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English Civil War
The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.
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English Reformation
The English Reformation was a series of events in 16th century England by which the Church of England broke away from the authority of the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
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Eton College
Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.
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Evington
Evington is an Electoral ward and administrative division of the city of Leicester, England.
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Eydon
Eydon is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, about north-east of Banbury.
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Farthinghoe
Farthinghoe is a village and civil parish in South Northamptonshire, England.
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Florence
Florence (Firenze) is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany.
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Garendon Abbey
Garendon Abbey was a Cistercian abbey located between Shepshed and Loughborough, in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
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Giovanni Boccaccio
Giovanni Boccaccio (16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist.
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Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England.
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Grade I listed buildings in Leicester
There are fourteen Grade I listed buildings in Leicester.
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Harston, Leicestershire
Harston is a crossroads village in Leicestershire, England, near the border with Lincolnshire.
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Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon
Sir Henry Hastings, 3rd Earl of Huntingdon, KG, KB (ca. 1535 – 14 December 1595) was an English Puritan nobleman.
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Henry IV of England
Henry IV (15 April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England and Lord of Ireland from 1399 to 1413, and asserted the claim of his grandfather, Edward III, to the Kingdom of France.
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Henry Knighton
Henry Knighton (or Knyghton) (died c. 1396, in England) was an Augustinian canon at the abbey of St Mary of the Meadows, Leicester, England, and an ecclesiastical historian (chronicler).
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Henry VIII of England
Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England from 1509 until his death.
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Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster
Henry, 3rd Earl of Leicester and Lancaster (c. 1281 – 22 September 1345) was a grandson of King Henry III (1216–1272) of England and was one of the principals behind the deposition of King Edward II (1307–1327), his first cousin.
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Hugh le Despenser, 1st Earl of Winchester
Hugh le Despenser (1 March 1261 – 27 October 1326), sometimes referred to as "the Elder Despenser", was for a time the chief adviser to King Edward II of England.
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Humberstone & Hamilton
Humberstone & Hamilton is an electoral ward and administrative division of the City of Leicester, England.
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Hungarton
Hungarton (or Hungerton) is a small village in the county of Leicestershire, England, about north-east of Leicester and south-west of Melton Mowbray.
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Husbands Bosworth
Husbands Bosworth is a large crossroads village in South Leicestershire on the A5199 road from Leicester city to Northampton and the A4304 road from Junction 20 of the M1 motorway to Market Harborough.
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Illston on the Hill
Illston on the Hill is a small village and parish seven miles north of Market Harborough in the county of Leicestershire.
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Ingarsby
Ingarsby is one of the best preserved deserted medieval villages in England.
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John Longland
John Longland (died 1547) was the English Dean of Salisbury from 1514 to 1521 and Bishop of Lincoln from 1521 to his death in 1547.
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John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster, KG (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English nobleman, soldier, statesman, and prince, the third of five surviving sons of King Edward III of England.
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John Penny
John Penny (died 1520) was an English priest, successively Bishop of Bangor, 1504–1508, and Bishop of Carlisle, 1508–1520.
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John Wycliffe
John Wycliffe (also spelled Wyclif, Wycliff, Wiclef, Wicliffe, Wickliffe; 1320s – 31 December 1384) was an English scholastic philosopher, theologian, Biblical translator, reformer, English priest, and a seminary professor at the University of Oxford.
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King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England.
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Kirkby Mallory
Kirkby Mallory is a hamlet in Leicestershire, England that is part of the civil parish of Peckleton.
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Knaptoft
Knaptoft is a civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire, England, with a population of around 50.
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Knighton's Chronicon
Knighton's Chronicon (also Knighton’s Leicester Chronicle, Henry Knighton's chronicle) is an English chronicle written by Henry Knighton in the fourteenth century.
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Knighton, Leicester
Knighton is a residential suburban area of Leicester, situated between Clarendon Park to the north, Stoneygate to the east, Oadby and Wigston to the south and the Saffron Lane estate to the west.
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Knipton
Knipton is a small village in the civil parish of Belvoir, in the county of Leicestershire, England.
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Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey (Her exact date of birth is uncertain; many historians agree on the long-held estimate of 1537 while others set it in the later half of 1536 based on newer research. – 12 February 1554), known also as Lady Jane Dudley (after her marriage) and as "the Nine Days' Queen", was an English noblewoman and de facto Queen of England and Ireland from 10 July until 19 July 1553.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs.) is a county in north west England.
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Leicester
Leicester ("Lester") is a city and unitary authority area in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire.
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Leicester Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of St Martin, Leicester, usually known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in the English city of Leicester and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester.
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Leicestershire
Leicestershire (abbreviation Leics.) is a landlocked county in the English Midlands.
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Lionel Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart
Lionel William John Tollemache, 8th Earl of Dysart (18 November 1794 – 23 September 1878), known as Lionel Manners until 1821, as Lionel Tollemache between 1821 and 1833, and styled Lord Huntingtower between 1833 and 1840, was a British peer and Tory politician.
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List of English monarchs
This list of kings and queens of the Kingdom of England begins with Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, one of the petty kingdoms to rule a portion of modern England.
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Listed building
A listed building, or listed structure, is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, Cadw in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland.
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Lockington, Leicestershire
Lockington is a village in the Leicestershire parish of Lockington cum Hemington.
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Lollardy
Lollardy (Lollardism, Lollard movement) was a pre-Protestant Christian religious movement that existed from the mid-14th century to the English Reformation.
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Longleat
Longleat is an English stately home and the seat of the Marquesses of Bath.
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Lord of the manor
In British or Irish history, the lordship of a manor is a lordship emanating from the feudal system of manorialism.
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Mansion
A mansion is a large dwelling house.
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Mary I of England
Mary I (18 February 1516 – 17 November 1558) was the Queen of England and Ireland from July 1553 until her death.
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Monastic cell
A cell is a small room used by a hermit, monk, anchorite or nun to live and as a devotional space.
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Narborough, Leicestershire
Narborough is a large village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England, located around southwest of Leicester.
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Nobility
Nobility is a social class in aristocracy, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges and higher social status than most other classes in a society and with membership thereof typically being hereditary.
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North Kilworth
North Kilworth is a village in south Leicestershire, England, north of South Kilworth.
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Oakington
Oakington is a small rural Anglo-Saxon village 7 miles north-west of Cambridge in Cambridgeshire in England, and belongs to the administrative district of South Cambridgeshire.
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Oriel window
An oriel window is a form of bay window which protrudes from the main wall of a building but does not reach to the ground.
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Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester
Petronilla de Grandmesnil, Countess of Leicester (1145 – 1212) was the wife of Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester, known as “Blanchmains” (d. 1190).
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Philip Repyngdon
Philip Repyngdon (c. 1345 – 1424) was a bishop and cardinal.
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Pope
The pope (papa from πάππας pappas, a child's word for "father"), also known as the supreme pontiff (from Latin pontifex maximus "greatest priest"), is the Bishop of Rome and therefore ex officio the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church.
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Pope Clement VII
Pope Clement VII (26 May 1478 – 25 September 1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534.
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Pope Eugene III
Pope Eugene III (Eugenius III; c. 1080 – 8 July 1153), born Bernardo Pignatelli, called Bernardo da Pisa, was Pope from 15 February 1145 to his death in 1153.
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Queniborough
Queniborough is a village in the county of Leicestershire, United Kingdom just north of Syston and to the north of Leicester.
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Ratby
Ratby is a commuter village and civil parish in the Hinckley and Bosworth district of Leicestershire, England.
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Reredorter
The reredorter or necessarium (the latter being the original term) was a communal latrine found in mediaeval monasteries in Western Europe and later also in some New World monasteries.
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Richard Layton
Richard Layton (1500?–1544) was an English churchman, jurist and diplomat, dean of York and a principal agent of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
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Richard Williams (alias Cromwell)
Sir Richard Williams (born by 1502 – 1544), also known as Richard Cromwell, was a Welsh soldier and a courtier in the court of Henry VIII.
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River Soar
The River Soar is a major tributary of the River Trent in the English East Midlands and is the principal river of Leicestershire.
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Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 1st Earl of Leicester (– 5 June 1118), also known as Robert of Meulan, Count of Meulan, was a powerful Norman nobleman, one of the companions of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest of England, and was revered as one of the wisest men of his age.
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Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 2nd Earl of Leicester (1104 – 5 April 1168) was Justiciar of England 1155–1168.
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Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester
Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester (died 1190) was an English nobleman, one of the principal followers of Henry the Young King in the Revolt of 1173–1174 against his father Henry II.
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Robert Grosseteste
Robert Grosseteste (Robertus Grosseteste; – 9 October 1253) was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian, scientist and Bishop of Lincoln.
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Rothley
Rothley is a village and civil parish within the Borough of Charnwood in Leicestershire, England.
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Scheduled monument
In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.
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Seagrave
Seagrave is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, England.
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Sharnbrook
Sharnbrook is a village and civil parish located in the Borough of Bedford in Bedfordshire, England.
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Shepshed
Shepshed, often known until 1888 as Sheepshed, (also Sheepshead – a name derived from the village being heavily involved in the wool industry) is a town in Leicestershire, England with a population of around 14,000 people, measured at 13,505 at the 2011 census.
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Slype
The term slype is a variant of slip in the sense of a narrow passage; in architecture, the name for the covered passage usually found in monasteries or cathedrals between the transept and the chapter house, as at St Andrews, Winchester, Gloucester, Exeter, Durham and St. Albans.
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St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge (the full, formal name of the college is The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge).
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St Mary de Pratis
St Mary de Pratis or St Mary de la Pré, meaning St Mary of the Meadows or St Mary in the Meadow may refer to one of a number of former Abbeys or Priories established in England, primarily in the 12th century.
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St Nicholas' Church, Leicester
St Nicholas' Church is an Anglican parish church, and the oldest place of worship in Leicester, England.
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Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of.
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Stoney Stanton
Stoney Stanton is a large village in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England with a population of over 3,454 in 2001, increasing to 3,793 at the 2011 census.
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Stoughton, Leicestershire
Stoughton is a village and civil parish in the Harborough district of Leicestershire.
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Syon House
Syon House, and its 200-acre (80 hectare) park, Syon Park, is in west London, historically within the parish of Isleworth, in the county of Middlesex.
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Syresham
Syresham is a village and civil parish in the English district of South Northamptonshire.
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The Decameron
The Decameron (Italian title: "Decameron" or "Decamerone"), subtitled "Prince Galehaut" (Old Prencipe Galeotto and sometimes nicknamed "Umana commedia", "Human comedy"), is a collection of novellas by the 14th-century Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio (1313–1375).
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The Midlands
The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.
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Theddingworth
Theddingworth is a village and civil parish in Leicestershire, England.
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Thomas Cromwell
Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (1485 – 28 July 1540) was an English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII of England from 1532 to 1540.
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Thomas Wolsey
Thomas Wolsey (c. March 1473 – 29 November 1530; sometimes spelled Woolsey or Wulcy) was an English churchman, statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church.
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Thornton, Leicestershire
Thornton is a village in Leicestershire, England.
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Thorpe Arnold
Thorpe Arnold is a small farming village in the English county of Leicestershire.
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Thurnby
Thurnby is a village just east of Leicester's city boundaries, in the Harborough district.
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Tithe
A tithe (from Old English: teogoþa "tenth") is a one-tenth part of something, paid as a contribution to a religious organization or compulsory tax to government.
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University of Leicester
The University of Leicester is a public research university based in Leicester, England.
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Valor Ecclesiasticus
The Valor Ecclesiasticus (Latin: "church valuation") was a survey of the finances of the church in England, Wales and English controlled parts of Ireland made in 1535 on the orders of Henry VIII.
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Virgate
The virgate, yardland, or yard of land (virgāta) was an English unit of land.
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Waltham Abbey Church
The Abbey Church of Waltham Holy Cross and St Lawrence is the parish church of the town of Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
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Wanlip
Wanlip is a small village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population measured at 305 at the 2011 census.
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Welbeck Abbey
Welbeck Abbey in the Dukeries in North Nottinghamshire was the site of a monastery belonging to the Premonstratensian order in England and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries, a country house residence of the Dukes of Portland.
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West Ilsley
West Ilsley is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England.
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Westcotes
Westcotes is an area to the west of the city of Leicester.
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Whetstone, Leicestershire
Whetstone is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, England.
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William Alnwick
William Alnwick (died 1449) was an English Catholic clergyman.
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William Atwater (bishop)
William Atwater (1440–1521) was an English churchman, who became Bishop of Lincoln in 1514 He was a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, from 1480.
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William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire MP (27 December 1552 – 3 March 1626) was an English nobleman, politician, and courtier.
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William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire
William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Devonshire MP (c. 1590 – 20 June 1628) was an English nobleman, courtier, and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1614 until 1626 when he succeeded to the peerage and sat in the House of Lords.
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William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton
William Parr, 1st Marquess of Northampton, 1st Earl of Essex and 1st Baron Parr, KG (14 August 1513 – 28 October 1571) was the son of Sir Thomas Parr and his wife, Maud Green, daughter of Sir Thomas Green, of Broughton and Greens Norton.
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William Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart
William John Manners Tollemache, 9th Earl of Dysart DL (3 March 1859 – 22 November 1935) in the Peerage of Scotland, was also a Baronet (cr.1793) in the Baronetage of Great Britain, Lord Lieutenant of Rutland (1881–1906), and Justice of the Peace for Leicestershire and Lincolnshire.
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Woburn Abbey
Woburn Abbey occupying the east of the village of Woburn, Bedfordshire, England, is a country house, the family seat of the Duke of Bedford.
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Youlgreave
Youlgreave or Youlgrave is a village in the Derbyshire Peak District, lying on the River Bradford, four kilometres south of Bakewell.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Abbey
