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From: Tim Powys-Lybbe <>
Subject: Re: Knights of the Garter
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 21:19:08 +0000


In message <>
(Nathaniel Taylor) wrote:

> In article <76356cf447%>,
> wrote:
>
> >I have today bought a simple volume of all such knights from St George's
> >Chapel bookshop, Windsor for 15 ukp. "The Order of the Garter: Its Knights
> >and Stall plates 1349-1984" by Grace Holmes.
> >
> >PS Many thanks to Bryan Scott Johnson who put me on to this.
>
> Marvellous! And 15p! Uh, wait a minute--is this pounds or pence? And
> does the book include blazons, or just names & dates?
>
> Nat Taylor

15 ukp = 15 UK Pounds; an obviously not-so-common usage to deal with the
fact that the # sign is above Ascii 127 and does not come through all
Internet Providers...

Names and dates and stall numbers but not blazons.

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Tim Powys-Lybbe
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