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A New History of London
… and they were exempted from the payment of all toll or lastage in the king's dominions beyond sea: this charter … This charter has been remarked as the first covenant or conveyance on record, with the legal terms to have and to … of property. By the fourth charter, the weavers guild or company was expelled the city; but for what offence the …
A New History of London
… XXX. which ordered that no foreigner should either buy of, or sell to, another foreigner, within the city liberties. … by the king's mandate declared exempted from all tallages or contributions to government. The quarrel between the … of Merchant-adventurers, then known by the name of the Brotherhood of St. Thomas a Becket, obtained a charter from …
A New History of London
… payment at the stipulated time. The cross in West Cheap or Cheapside, which had been magnificently restored, was … city law imported, that no apprentice should be taken, or the freedom given, excepting they were gentlemen born; … them a charter of incorporation, by the name of the fraternity of St. George. On this occasion the following …
A New History of London
… of the scriptures, by the four first general councils, or any other which followed the scriptures as their rule, or by the future determinations of parliament and convocation … properly so called; which constituted them a corporation, or body politic. She hereby granted them a common seal, …
A New History of London
… ten precincts; and extends from the east corner of Helmet or Cross-keys court in Wormwood-street, in the north-east, to … These courts are to be held statedly four times a year; or oftener on the demand of nine members. All that triangular … in a manner suitable to the opulence of so respectable a fraternity. Merchant Taylors-hall. At the east end of …
A New History of London
… that terrible conflagration, like a bright shining coal, or a palace of burnished brass: the timber being such solid … leading to the particular offices; over which is a balcony or gallery, supported by twelve iron pillars in the form of … and being suppressed by king Henry VIII. on account of a fraternity founded therein, it was purchased by one Thomas …
A New History of London
… north; and from Jewin street in the west, to Backstreet, or Little Moorfields, in the east. Plan of Cripplegate ward … also buried here, though undistinguished by any monument or inscription. St. Alphage church. At the north east corner … It appears to have been no otherwise than a donative or curacy; the patronage of which, since the dissolution of …
A New History of London
… its present state, is briefly as follows. The liberties, or those parts of this city which are subject to its … uniting to compose the full court of commoncouncil, or legislative body of the corporation. They assemble in … of electing annually eleven overseers, or rulers of the fraternity of watermen. Sheriffs.; Sheriffs court. The office …
A New History of London
… is supposed by Stow to derive its name from the making or selling of lime there. This small ward is bounded on the … by charter of king Edward IV 2. Three years after, a fraternity of 60 priests, beside other brethren and sisters, … times to consult about converting Leadenhall into a burse or exchange for merchants to assemble in, as they did at that …
A New History of London
… guild: which grant was afterward confirmed by a charter or deed of Edward the confessor. In the year 1115, the … up all the lands and soke called Knighten guild to the brotherhood; offering their charters upon the altar: they entered themselves among the fraternity; and from that time the prior of the Holy Trinity …