Rutlandshire

[ ruht-luhnd-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. a former county, now part of Leicestershire, in central England.

Example Sentences

The three counties included in the expression are Leicestershire, Rutlandshire and Northamptonshire.

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Whether it was on this occasion is not known, but about this time, and at the recommendation of his brother-in-law, Giovanni Florio, he was taken into favour at court, and wrote a Panegyric Congratulatorie offered to the King at Burleigh Harrington in Rutlandshire, in ottava rima.

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After the death of Charles I., Dr. Taylor’s living of Uppingham, in Rutlandshire, was sequestered, and the gifted ecclesiastic repaired to Golden Grove, Carmarthenshire, and taught a school for the subsistence of his children and himself.

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He also received the livings of Cottesmore, Rutlandshire, and Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire.

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II Army Reform Scene.—The canteen of the Rutlandshire Regiment, at Downboro', an airy, plastered hall with high windows.

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