Sherborne
/ (ˈʃɛːbɔːn) /
a town in S England in Dorset: noted for its medieval abbey, ruined medieval castle, and Sherborne Castle, a mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh in 1594. Pop: 9350 (2001)
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How to use Sherborne in a sentence
Sherborne more than replaced Lismore as an object of affection, and as a subject of care and anxiety also.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingFor this Ralegh put him in the stocks in Sherborne market-place, and had him bound over to good behaviour by the county justices.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingHe was found to have been living for some time past at Sherborne, perhaps under his alias, on a pension granted him by Ralegh.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingThe mercy of the Crown extended for the present to the maintenance even of his rights over the estate of Sherborne itself.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingHe had to urge the Council to stay the Commissioners at Sherborne, whose rapacious activity had again awoke.
Sir Walter Ralegh | William Stebbing
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