mabella in A Sentence

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    Lady Mabella Tichborne.

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    As the centuries passed, the Tichborne Dole was distributed every year on March 25 per Lady Mabella's instructions.

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    Sir Roger said sure, he would donate the spoils from any stretch of land Mabella could manage to crawl around holding a lit torch.

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    The story began in 1150, when Lady Mabella, the wife of the miserly and cruel Sir Roger Tichborne, asked her husband to fulfill her one dying wish.

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    So the story goes that the dying, crippled Mabella mustered all the strength she could, and by sheer force of will managed to make it around 23 acres.

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    Before the flour is distributed, the huge box is blessed by sprinkling it with holy water and a blessing is made for the soul of Lady Mabella Tichborne, their kindly medieval benefactor.

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    But, fully aware of Sir Roger's parsimony, Mabella added a chilling curse- should you or any other Tichborne heir not honor the dole, a generation of seven sons would be followed by one with seven daughters.

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