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Ferdinand Armine, heir to a debt-ridden aristocratic family, becomes engaged to his…
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- Author
- Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield Disraeli
- Form
- novel
- Catalog year
- 1833
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_Some Account of the Family of Armine, and Especially of Sir Ferdinand and of Sir Ratcliffe._ THE family of Armine entered England with William the Norman. Ralph d’Armyn was standard-bearer of the Conqueror, and shared prodigally in the plunder, as appears by Doomsday Book. At the time of the general survey the family of Ermyn, or Armyn, possessed numerous manors in Nottinghamshire, and several in the shire of Lincoln. William D’Armyn, lord of the honour of Armyn, was one of …
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