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| | GENUKI: Hereford, a description from Littlebury's Directory and Gazetteer of Herefordshire, 1876-7 |
 | | Among the barons and subjects of King John who succeeded in obtaining the signature of that monarch to Magna Charta, the name of Giles de Braose, Bishop of Hereford, is honourably prominent. |
 | | and the barons in 1264, the first act of open hostility was committed at this place, in the seizure of the bishop, Peter do Aquablanca, a foreigner appointed to the see by the Pope, who had rendered himself obnoxious by unpopular measures. |
 | | On a granite pedestal, in front of the building, is a bronze statue, executed by Baron Marochetti, to the memory of Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart. |
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