Lexicographical Neighbors of Gaunts
Literary usage of Gaunts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Picture of Bristol, Or, a Guide to Objects of Curiosity and Interest in by John Evans (1818)
"It is frequently called the gaunts' House, and its religious inhabitants are
styled the gaunts, ... The side-aisle contains several tombs of the gaunts, ..."
2. Letters of Royal and Illustrious Ladies of Great Britain: From the by Mary Anne Everett Green (1846)
"In this house lady Guildford passed some of her later days, and bequeathed a gilt
cup to the master, and 101. to " sir John at the gaunts" to pray for her ..."
3. A Collectanea Relating to the Bristol Friars Minors (Gray Friars) and Their by George Edward Weare (1893)
"... granted to the Corporation certain properties, including the gaunts or ...
valuable estates appertaining to the dissolved house of the gaunts : the site ..."
4. Proceedings by Clifton Antiquarian Club, Clifton, England (Gloucestershire). (1893)
"Seyer says, "in part of the monastery of the gaunts on St. Augustine's Green was
made a hospital for the maintenance of poor boys. ..."
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