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John Abel (carpenter), the Glossary

John Abel (1578/79 – January 1675) was an English carpenter and mason, granted the title of 'King's Carpenter', who was responsible for several notable structures in the ornamented Half-timbered construction typical of the West Midlands.^[1]

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16th-century English architects
17th-century English architects
Architects from Herefordshire
English carpenters
English stonemasons

Abbey Dore

Abbey Dore is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, known for Dore Abbey, a 12th-century Cistercian abbey, which was expanded in the 13th century.

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Brecon

Brecon (Aberhonddu), archaically known as Brecknock, is a market town in Powys, mid Wales.

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Canon Frome

Canon Frome is a hamlet and small rural parish on the River Frome, 5 miles northwest of Ledbury, Herefordshire, England with a population of 139.

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Cistercians

The Cistercians, officially the Order of Cistercians ((Sacer) Ordo Cisterciensis, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contributions of the highly-influential Bernard of Clairvaux, known as the Latin Rule.

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Clandestinity (Catholic canon law)

Clandestinity is a diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church.

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Dore Abbey

Dore Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the village of Abbey Dore in the Golden Valley, Herefordshire, England.

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English church monuments

A church monument is an architectural or sculptural memorial to a deceased person or persons, located within a Christian church.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.

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Grange Court

Grange Court is a former market hall in Leominster, Herefordshire, England.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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Hereford

Hereford is a cathedral city, civil parish and the county town of Herefordshire, England.

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Herefordshire

Herefordshire is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands region of England.

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Howard Colvin

Sir Howard Montagu Colvin (15 October 1919 – 27 December 2007) was a British architectural historian who produced two of the most outstanding works of scholarship in his field: A Biographical Dictionary of British Architects, 1600–1840 and The History of the King's Works.

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John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore

John Scudamore, 1st Viscount Scudamore (22 March 1601 – 19 May 1671) was an English diplomat and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.

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Kington, Herefordshire

Kington is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.

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Laudianism

Laudianism was an early seventeenth-century reform movement within the Church of England, promulgated by Archbishop William Laud and his supporters.

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Ledbury

Ledbury is a market town and civil parish in the county of Herefordshire, England, lying east of Hereford, and west of the Malvern Hills.

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Leominster

Leominster is a market town in Herefordshire, England; it is located at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater.

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Monnington on Wye

Monnington on Wye is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brobury with Monnington-on-Wye, in western Herefordshire, England, located between Hereford and Hay-on-Wye.

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Old Style and New Style dates

Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively.

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Orleton

Orleton is a small village and civil parish in northern Herefordshire, England, at.

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Pembridge

Pembridge is a village and civil parish in the Arrow valley in Herefordshire, England.

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Recusancy

Recusancy (from translation) was the state of those who remained loyal to the Catholic Church and refused to attend Church of England services after the English Reformation.

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Ross-on-Wye

Ross-on-Wye is a market town and civil parish in Herefordshire, England, near the border with Wales.

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Sarnesfield

Sarnesfield (National Grid ref. SO374508) is a civil parish and village in Herefordshire, eleven miles north-west of Hereford.

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Stretford

Stretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, sited on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal; the Bridgewater Canal bisects the town.

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Timber framing

Timber framing and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden pegs.

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