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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Sparkenhoe, S. division of the county of Leicester, 6 miles (N. E. by N.) from Atherstone; containing … hundred of East Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Melton-Mowbray; …
The Environs of London
… Vandyke's picture of the Countesses of Carlisle and Leicester; Mrs. Lemon, by the same artist; and a few good …
Old and New London
… murder" against Lord Ferrers, who was at once lodged in Leicester Gaol. About a fortnight afterwards, we are told, he …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Edmund born in Middlesex, s. Thomas, of Hinckley, co. Leicester, gent. Christ Church, matric. 5 July, 1639, aged … knight banneret at Zutphen 29 April, 1586, by the earl of Leicester, M.P. New Woodstock 1584-5, Berks 1593, ambassador …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… of live-stock. There are not many sheep, but some of the Leicester breed have been introduced, and thrive well; the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Guthlaxton, S. division of the county of Leicester, 3 miles (N. W.) from Lutterworth; containing 594 … hundred of West Goscote, N. division of the county of Leicester, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Mountsorrel; containing … the Blessed Virgin, founded by Robert Blanchmains, Earl of Leicester, in the reign of Henry II., and having at the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Interregnum
… satisfaction for 400 l. loss for houses near a bridge in Leicester, fired by order of the Parliament governor for its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a degree in theology. From 1405 to 1413 an Austin canon of Leicester rented a room; in 1400 a monk of Furness Abbey had … James, a Magdalen man and persona grata with the Earl of Leicester, then Chancellor of the University, was elected in … due to his influence with his patron: in 1588 under Leicester's will the college received lands in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… roads from London to Melton-Mowbray, and from Stamford to Leicester, and is about three miles distant from the river … men were founded in 1584, by Robert Johnson, archdeacon of Leicester, and rector of North Luffenham, in this county, who …
Survey of London
… area was completed with the building of Ryder's Court (now Leicester Court) in the 1690's. In 1843 the second Marquess … side of the street. 54 In 1760 Reynolds removed to No. 47 Leicester Square (see page 508). His house in Great Newport … of Bear Street, formed part of the estate of the Earls of Leicester, while that to the north of Bear Street was part of …