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English: Datestone of uncertain provenance. Highdown House in the parish of Pirton, Hertfordshire, datestone set into a wall of the east gable of the north courtyard (stables) range displaying the Docwra arms, inscribed "Thomas Docwra, Miles, 1504", the date Sir Thomas Docwra (Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem in England) built St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, with the motto of the Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem below Sane Boro. |
| Date | 19th century |
| Source | 'Parishes: Pirton', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 44-51. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp44-51 |
| Author | Unknown engraver |
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| current | 22:59, 23 August 2019 | | 318 × 354 (47 KB) | Lobsterthermidor | {{Information |description ={{en|1=Highdown House<ref>Cussans, Hertfordshire, Vol.2, p.18, quoted in Dictionary of National Biography</ref> (or possibly Old Hall, an inn in 1912<ref> 'Parishes: Pirton', in A History of the County of Hertford: Volume 3, ed. William Page (London, 1912), pp. 44-51. http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/herts/vol3/pp44-51</ref>) in the parish of Pirton,<ref>Listed building text[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101175442-high-down-ho... |
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