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PETWORTH

Volume 17 · 115 words · 1810 Edition

in Sussex in England, five miles from Midhurst and the Sussex Downs, and 49 from London, is a large, populous, and handsome town. It is adorned with several seats of gentlemen, particularly the magnificent seat of the Percies, earls of Northumberland, many of whom lie buried in a separate vault of its church. In the duke of Somerset's armory, in this place, there is a sword which, by circumstances, appears to have been the weapon of the famous Henry Hotspur, though it is less unwieldy than other ancient swords.

PEUZEDANUM, or SULPHUR-WORT, a genus of plants belonging to the pentandria clasps, and in the natural method ranking under the 45th order, Umbellatae. See Botany Index.