10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRITHSTOOL»
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The Church of our fathers, as seen in st. Osmund's rite for ...
Between the privilege of sanctuary, in the common meaning of the word, and the
frithstool privilege, there was a wide distinction. To every church and churchyard
belonged the rights of sanctuary, but the fugitive could enjoy them only for a ...
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A Concise Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, ...
FREEMASON — FRITHSTOOL. 119 present day, and in modern times has been
spread over the greater part of the civilized portion of the world, but it has now no
connection with the practice of the art from which its name is derived, and its ...
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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
In an abenum, the uppermost boiler, which was filled directly from the cold cistern
and was completely removed from the heat of the furnace. frigidarium, 2. left: the
uppermost boiler in the abenum frithstool A seat, usually of stone, placed near ...
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The collected works of Sir Humphry Davy ...: Discourses ...
The fugitive would make his way to the frithstool, and when seated upon it would
be "under the protection of the Church." The frithstool at Hexham is built up of four
stones, the three lower plain ones forming the support of the upper stone out of ...
Freemasons. Quatuor Coronati Lodge, no. 2076, London, Sir Humphry Davy, John Davy, 1912
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Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Being the Transactions of the ...
The fugitive would make his way to the frithstool, and when seated upon it would
be “under the protection of the Church.” The frithstool at Hexham is built up of four
stones, the three lower plain ones forming the support of the upper stone out of ...
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Stories from the Catechist: 907 Traditional Catholic Stories ...
THE FRITHSTOOL PRIVILEGE.—The Frithstool, or Stool of Peace, was a 10w-
backed armchair of stone, placed near the highaltar, or the patron Saint's shrine
in certain churches. From this spot, as from a centre, the frithstool spread its ...
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The Mead Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England
Frithstool. In Hexham Abbey,2 Northumberland, there is a simple sandstone
block carved into a chair, known as the 'frith stool', which is claimed to be of Anglo
-Saxon date. It is associated in local legend with St. Wilfrid, and would therefore ...
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The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of ...
friendship: dheigh N 33, sek IV frig: bhreg frigacious: bheug I Frigg: prai fright :
prai frighten: prai frigid: reig II, srig frigidity: reig II frigorific: reig II, srig frith: prai
frithstool: prai frizz: preus frizzle: preus frog: preu frolic: leig I, preu frolicsome:
dheigh ...
Joseph Twadell Shipley, 2009
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Black's Law Dictionary ( Second Edition ):
The franchise of preserving the peace. Also spelled "fnthsoken." — F r i t h s p l o t
. A spot or plot of land, encircling some stone, tree, or well, considered sacred,
and therefore affording sanctuary to criminals.—Frithstool. The stool of peace.
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The Cathedrals of England and Wales
Durham and Hcverlcy, owing to the high reputation of the relies of St, Culhheri
and St. John of Beverley, l«>th hud huge privileges of sanctuary. Beverley retains
the Sanctuary chair, the Frithstool ; Durham the knocker. It is thirteenth-century ...
