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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… fish. Benacre Hall, a large mansion, is the seat of Sir T. S. Gooch, Bart. The living is a rectory, with that of … vicarage of North-Ales consolidated, valued in the king's books at 18, and in the gift of Sir T. S. Gooch; the tithes have been commuted for 354, and there …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Domesday Book, in 1086 it was probably part of the king's estate called Calne. 3 Berwick Bassett had no church … church. Berwick Bassett church was a daughter of Calne's 4 but the inhabitants had rights to baptism, marriage, and … wife of Robert Cooper, and Sarah, wife of Robert Gibbons, shared Martha's interest after her death in 1837, 84 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… from 1669 87 or one using the formerly Anglican St. George's chapel and associated with the dissenters' academy at … 44. P.R.O., RG 31/3/649, 653; Guildhall MS. 9580/3. John Gibbons appears in both regs. Lambeth Pal. Libr., Fulham … 9580/4. P.R.O., RG 31/3/1102; Guildhall MS. 9580/5. John Gibbons was assoc. with this reg. P.R.O., RG 31/3/1200; …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
Old and New London
… EscapesQueen Elizabeth at Lord Herbert's MarriageOld Blackfriars BridgeJohnson and MylneLaying of … Phillips and his WorksPainters in BlackfriarsThe King's Printing Office Printing House SquareThe Times and its HistoryWalter's EnterpriseWar with the DispatchThe gigantic Swindling …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… became the parish was almost certainly part of the king's large estate called Calne, 3 and it was part of the land of Calstone (possibly Calne's east tun). It was presumably retained by the king when most … Mitchell, 1561. Lincs. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lii), 861; A. Gibbons, Notes on Visit. of Lincs. 267; P.R.O., CP 25/2/239/3 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Bayeux. 42 The manor, which was held in chief after Odo's death in 1097 if not earlier, presumably followed the … it to Jerome Westall, until 1563 when he sold it to Edmund Gibbons who sold it in 1577 to George Whitton. 58 Whitton … already acquired a leasehold interest created by Edmund Gibbons. 77 In 1629 Merton bought from John Meads of New …
A History of the County of Oxford
… palace. 48 From the first, in accordance with the queen's wishes, the house was called Blenheim. The foundation stone … on the Grand Bridge. 81 In the period 1708-12 Grinling Gibbons provided carved enrichments in wood and stone. Sir … statuary. 5 Each corner tower carried four tall finials by Gibbons representing a reversed fleur-de-lys surmounted by a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Tilleman Bobart. 64 Several early plans, one by Wise's assistant Charles Bridgeman in 1709, show the achievement … placed further south. 69 The idea that the avenue's design represents the disposition of opposing armies at the … for Wise's formal garden, surmounted by vases by Grinling Gibbons; the piers and railings of the curved flanking arms …
Old and New London
… explore, And long perplexing lanes untrod before." Gay's "Trivia." The Locality a Century agoA Pair of Eccentric Old … of BaseBloomsbury deserted by the AristocracyAlbert Smith's Remarks on this once Patrician Quarter of LondonThe … play-house, near Lincoln's Inn Fields (which was formerly Gibbons's Tennis-court), where the play of the Beggars' Bush …