Witherne

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Proper noun

Witherne

  1. Obsolete spelling of Whithorn.
    • 1633, Richard Brouhton, “Of Divers Christian Chvrches” (chapter XIX), in The Ecclesiasticall Historie of Great Britaine, page 100:
      And diuers hundreds of yeares after this, the firſt Church of ſtone, to remayne durable, that is remembred to haue bene in Britaine, was builded by S. Ninian, at witherne, []
    • 1696, James Tyrrell, “An Alphabetical Table of the Principal Matters contained in this Hiſtory”, in The general history of England:
      Pightwin ( or Pechtwin ) is conſecrated Biſhop of Witherne ( called in Latin , Candida Caſa ) at Ælfet,
    • 1844, C. F. R. Palmer, “The Friar-Preachers or Black Friars of Yarm”, in The Archaeological Journal, volume XXXVII, page 189:
      F. Robert Olyyere, of Yharom, was ordained deacon March 2nd, 1397-8, by Oswald, Bishop of Witherne, suffragan of the archbishop, in the parish church of St. Martin, Conyngstrete , York; []