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Old and New London
… by the Chapter to George I., running thus: "The Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster, and the Chapter of that … of Westminster, and successively Bishop of Gloucester and Rochester, whom Pope Clement VIII. called "the blessed … was subsequently Primate), and Thomas Sprat, Bishop of Rochester, both resided in Dean's Yard in the early part of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… 10 For 140 years, from 1666 to 1802, the bishops of Rochester held the deanery of Westminster, as the income from … p. 44). CA 1 f. 109v; CA 16 p. 325. Income of bishopric of Rochester £1,523 (average of three years to 1831); of deanery …
Old and New London
… down in 1723, was occupied at one time by the Earl of Rochester. Part of the land in King Street, extending as far …
Old and New London
… Hence Sir Charles Sedley, in his epigram on a cock at Rochester, prays: "May'st thou be punished for St. Peter's … mansion in Duke Street; Lord Stafford, at Tart Hall; Lord Rochester, "near Westminster Gate;" Lord Essex, near …
Old and New London
… and a fair every year for three days. The fair was held in Rochester Row, in the space between Emery Hill's Almshouses …
Survey of London
… of James I. 26th December, 1613. Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester (afterwards Earl of Somerset), and the divorced … in the plan of 1670, for Laurence Hyde (afterwards Earl of Rochester) was from 1662 to 1675 Master of the Robes. In 1679 … had passed into the hands of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester ( not the earl alluded to a few lines above), is …
Survey of London
… favourites. Robert Carr, afterwards successively Viscount Rochester and Earl of Somerset, being in attendance on Lord …
Old and New London
… asked and given in whispers. Had Halifax got the better of Rochester? Was there to be a Parliament? Was the Duke of York …
Old and New London
… Journal, 1692, is given an English epigram, "On a Cock at Rochester," by Sir Charles Sedley, wherein the following …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… E 331 Chich./39). Instal. s.d. (Cap. 1/3/6 p. 31). Dean of Rochester 1808, but apparently held this in commendam until …