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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
date QS:P,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
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
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current22:59, 23 August 2019Thumbnail for version as of 22:59, 23 August 2019318 × 354 (47 KB)Lobsterthermidor (talk | contribs){{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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