User contributions for RobertSimons
A user with 135 edits. Account created on 14 February 2006.
2 July 2024
- 13:2913:29, 2 July 2024 diff hist +364 Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 →Part 1 – Voting Systems for Parliamentary Elections: Described section 9 of the Act and put citation current Tag: Visual edit
25 June 2024
- 16:0516:05, 25 June 2024 diff hist +220 Crescent (Pictish symbol) Changed emphasis of first paragraph to indicate that crescent and V-rod is the canonical symbol and that crescent is an occasional occurrence Tag: Visual edit
23 June 2024
- 14:3114:31, 23 June 2024 diff hist +1,817 Crescent (Pictish symbol) Added Anderson's identification in his Rhind lecture of 14th October 1880 of the symbol as Christian Tag: Visual edit
- 14:0914:09, 23 June 2024 diff hist +510 Double disc (Pictish symbol) Tidied up and added reference to A Fragmented Masterpiece Tag: Visual edit
- 13:1713:17, 23 June 2024 diff hist +1,704 Double disc (Pictish symbol) Added exposition about Christian meaning of symbol from Anderson's Rhind Lecture of 14th October 1880 Tag: Visual edit
- 08:3608:36, 23 June 2024 diff hist +173 m Pictish Beast Added quote from Stuart about depictions of Pictish Beast Tag: Visual edit
22 June 2024
- 21:1621:16, 22 June 2024 diff hist +725 Pictish Beast Added plate of depictions of Pictish Beast from Stuart: Sculptured Stones of Scotland, Vol 2, 1867 Tag: Visual edit
- 20:4220:42, 22 June 2024 diff hist +22 m Clach a' Charridh Changed text from "cross" to "jewelled cross" and link from "cross (geometric)" to "crux gemmata" Tag: Visual edit
- 20:3520:35, 22 June 2024 diff hist +132 Clach a' Charridh Added image of stone from Stuart: Sculptured Stones of Scotland Vol 1, 1856. Tag: Visual edit
- 20:0120:01, 22 June 2024 diff hist +2,541 Clach a' Charridh Amplified description of the stone. Added references to published history of stone which indicate that it's been turned round since 1812. Tag: Visual edit
21 June 2024
- 11:5711:57, 21 June 2024 diff hist +253 Pictish Beast Added sentence about Chanonry Point and Cromarty lying close to Pictish monasteries (where stones were cut) being some of the best sites in UK to view bottlenose dolphins Tag: Visual edit
- 11:3011:30, 21 June 2024 diff hist +29 Clach a' Charridh Changed caption of drawing of landward side to give author, date of drawing and date of (posthumous) publication Tag: Visual edit
- 11:2611:26, 21 June 2024 diff hist +23 m Edderton Cross Slab Added date of drawing (1811-2) to caption of Petley drawing which was published in 1857 current Tag: Visual edit
20 June 2024
- 09:1409:14, 20 June 2024 diff hist +1 m Cromartyshire Change tense in Note to Exclave 7 current Tag: Visual edit
- 09:1309:13, 20 June 2024 diff hist +15 m Cromartyshire Amplified Note for Exclave 7 to state that Hilton of Cadboll stone was in the exclave (hence Macleod of Cadboll could move it to Invergordon Castle) Tag: Visual edit
- 09:0409:04, 20 June 2024 diff hist +60 m Cromartyshire Amplified Note on Exclave 7 to explain that Hilton of Cadboll stone was in the exclave (hence its move to Invergordon Castle by Macleod of Cadboll) although Hilton of Cadboll village was not Tag: Visual edit
- 08:5708:57, 20 June 2024 diff hist −77 m Hilton of Cadboll Stone Tightening of some prose Tag: Visual edit
19 June 2024
- 10:2110:21, 19 June 2024 diff hist +54 Hilton of Cadboll Stone More detail about how the stone fell Tag: Visual edit
- 10:1110:11, 19 June 2024 diff hist +1,536 Hilton of Cadboll Stone Added paragraph about orientations of original and copy slabs; changed references to West-facing/East-facing to back/front; added quote from letter about storm on 21 December 1674 Tag: Visual edit
- 08:3208:32, 19 June 2024 diff hist +515 Hilton of Cadboll Stone More tidying-up; added reference to ECMS and links Tag: Visual edit
18 June 2024
- 19:3019:30, 18 June 2024 diff hist +584 Hilton of Cadboll Stone Bit of tidying-up; added stuff about distribution of fragments (from chapter 7 of A Fragmented Masterpiece) Tag: Visual edit
- 15:1215:12, 18 June 2024 diff hist +40 m Hilton of Cadboll Stone Minor changes to text; extra link Tag: Visual edit
- 14:5514:55, 18 June 2024 diff hist +2,177 Hilton of Cadboll Stone Further updates based on the monograph A Fragmented Masterpiece Tags: nowiki added Visual edit
- 11:4511:45, 18 June 2024 diff hist +1,689 Hilton of Cadboll Stone Updated description of slab to follow modern scholarship (Isabel Henderson in A Fragmented Masterpiece; Martin Goldberg in Early Medieval Scotland) Tag: Visual edit
26 May 2024
- 14:0414:04, 26 May 2024 diff hist +157 Blenheim Palace Added reference to original name: Blenheim Castle. "Palace" only began to be used in mid-19th century so have also changed "palace" to "house" in sections which describe what happened during building of the house. Note also the wording of the contemporary plaque: it uses "house". Tag: Visual edit
15 October 2023
- 12:3912:39, 15 October 2023 diff hist +29 m Kentish Royal Legend →Foundation of the Abbey at Thanet: Corrected Eadburh link to point to the Eadburh who was third abbess of Minster-in-Thanet Tag: Visual edit
5 October 2023
- 19:2119:21, 5 October 2023 diff hist +3,473 Talk:All Saints' Church, Shuart →Parish or Chapelry?: new section Tag: New topic
10 August 2023
- 14:3014:30, 10 August 2023 diff hist +492 Lane End, Buckinghamshire →Churches: Highlight that roof of Holy Trinity is from Marlow's Manor Hall of c.1200 Tag: Visual edit
3 July 2023
- 09:0509:05, 3 July 2023 diff hist +1 m Book of Durrow →Origin: Plural of monastery is monasteries not monasterys Tag: Visual edit
31 May 2023
- 08:1708:17, 31 May 2023 diff hist +56 Scroll (art) →History: Changed Anglo-Saxon art to Insular art (similar styles throughout GB + Ireland); explained why Christians adopted the vine for their scrollwork Tag: Visual edit
27 April 2023
- 19:3019:30, 27 April 2023 diff hist +2,522 Talk:Common recovery →Please clarify the process: Some explanations provided
9 July 2022
- 12:5212:52, 9 July 2022 diff hist −11 m Common recovery →Judgment: Removed surplus characters Tag: Visual edit
- 12:4612:46, 9 July 2022 diff hist +175 Common recovery →Remarks: Added image of Exemplification of Common Recovery, 1803 Tag: Visual edit
- 12:0812:08, 9 July 2022 diff hist +183 Exemplified copy Added image of Exemplification of Common Recovery, 1803 Tag: Visual edit
11 May 2022
- 08:4808:48, 11 May 2022 diff hist −1 m Basset family →Descent of junior Cornish branch: corrected link "Royal Ordinance" (links to Decree) to "Royal Ordnance" (manufacturer of weapons) Tag: Visual edit
10 May 2022
- 13:2813:28, 10 May 2022 diff hist +264 Cover Her Face →Adaptations: Added sentence about changes in television adaptation to enable it to be set in the mid-1980s Tag: Visual edit
11 April 2022
- 13:0113:01, 11 April 2022 diff hist +339 William Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland →Early life and nurse to Prince William: Nature of Bentinck's service to Prince William Tag: Visual edit
17 March 2022
- 09:5209:52, 17 March 2022 diff hist +3 m Common recovery Marked the sub-heading "Judgment" as such Tag: Visual edit
- 09:5109:51, 17 March 2022 diff hist +350 Common recovery Added sub-headings including Dramatis Personae at start; other minor changes Tags: nowiki added Visual edit
15 March 2022
- 19:5119:51, 15 March 2022 diff hist +137 Common recovery Corrected the person asking for the adjournment from D to C; added "put himself on the country" as it's a term that appears in common recoveries and its meaning is not obvious Tag: Visual edit
14 March 2022
- 09:3109:31, 14 March 2022 diff hist +313 Common recovery Added right of heirs to entail to sue D as a reason for final judgment; added four pence as fee charged by common vouchee; other minor changes Tag: Visual edit
12 March 2022
- 16:2916:29, 12 March 2022 diff hist +164 Common recovery Swapped round points 1 and 2; added imparlure as reason for seeking adjournment; other minor tweaks Tag: Visual edit
- 14:5214:52, 12 March 2022 diff hist +160 m Common recovery Explained what "common" means in "common vouchee" and "common recovery" Tag: Visual edit
- 14:2814:28, 12 March 2022 diff hist +1 m Common recovery Changed "prevent" to "overcome" the enforcement of entails. The final judgment of the court during the litigation is superior and has the effect of ending the entail. Tag: Visual edit
- 12:1512:15, 12 March 2022 diff hist +33 m Common recovery →The process: Split long sentence into two. Changed "compensation" to "provide redress" Tag: Visual edit
- 11:5011:50, 12 March 2022 diff hist +140 Common recovery →The process: Clarified that final judgment was that C acquired the land; D compensating B was a common judgment; other minor tweaks Tag: Visual edit
- 09:2209:22, 12 March 2022 diff hist −192 m Common recovery Removed a redundant sentence Tag: Visual edit
- 08:4808:48, 12 March 2022 diff hist +4 m Common recovery Changed first occurrence of disseisor to a link Tag: Visual edit
- 08:3208:32, 12 March 2022 diff hist +48 m Common recovery Minor tweak Tag: Visual edit
- 08:2908:29, 12 March 2022 diff hist +490 Common recovery Explained that vouch = vouch to warranty; added disseisor as technical term Tag: Visual edit
