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was seized by Joan Talbot (widow of John Carew) who had received as her dower the usual widow's 1/3 of her husband's manor, and by her son John Carew...

there's a problem. A high official from Gades called Pedro de Colarte y Dowers y Cartiers (sic!), who was a native from Dunkirk and a knight of Santiago...

dower had existed since the late twelfth century" Well, strictly speaking dower had existed for millenia. Perhaps "the English legal concept of dower"...

the slaves at Mount Vernon, however, were the property of Martha (the "dower negroes"). Although George, as Martha's husband, under the common law doctrine...

and were held in trust for Martha's son, Jacky Custis. These are the "dower slaves." The Custis estate was managed by George Washington but he did not...

coronation and its significance, activity as queen consort, as ruler of her dower land, etc). Seems no one else has made that mistake. Nobody has proved that...

the questions into saying it (I think this much is stated in Frank, or Dower, or one of the other related books). Raul654 (talk) 23:06, 8 January 2010...

Henry Foster to pay her 800 pounds per annum representing Elizabeth Prat's dower. He mentions that he has a Coat of Arms. He names his son Charles Carr,...

half of urban areas. References John Dower (2007). "Lessons from Iwo Jima". Perspectives. 45 (6): 54–56. John Dower (2007). "Lessons from Iwo Jima". Perspectives...

quele Avoweson Johan de Mautravers Chivaler [et] Agneys sa femme tignent en dower de la dite Agneys de ma Heritage quele avoweson ap[re]s la mort lavant dite...

wife acquires a right in the latter, he cannot sell it, discharged of her dower, except by her consent, expressed in the manner prescribed by the laws of...

States by Howard Zinn, Guns Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond, and John W. Dower, “The Bombed: Hiroshimas and Nagasakis in Japanese Memory,” in Hiroshima...

word "estate". "... held as dower slaves by the Custis estateand also stayed with or near Martha" should be "... held as dower slaves by the Custis estate...