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Old and New London
… was of Bohemian extraction and of gentle blood; he was born at Prague in 1607. He came to England in the suite of …
Old and New London
… of the Virgin Mary. Henry Purcell, the musician, who was born in Westminster, lived for some time in this lane. One of … the way, was told she had been 'a saint before he was born, and would be one after he was hanged." 'Upon this,' …
Old and New London
… lanthorn-lighted group of mysterious-looking figures have borne the litter of the stricken to this then solitary spot, … Thomas Betterton, the actor, and friend of Pope, was born in this street. In the reign of Elizabeth, there were … 3. Any poor, honest, godly people past labour. 4. Those born blind, or lamed, or disabled in the service of their …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 6½ stone of butter; there were 25 hives, 53 piglets were born, and 21 peafowl were hatched. 2 There was a withybed in … pipe of cider were produced. 5 In 1334 102 piglets were born and 3 peacocks produced 36 feathers for the abbot to … in 1308 5 and the vicar's chamber called le Cheor, with a born and dovecot, were mentioned in 1387. 6 A house with two …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… work or to marry. Over half the residents in 1851 had been born in Westwick, but barely a third of their successors in … a slightly wider area, successive shepherds having been born in Stapleford, Balsham, and Haddenham. 30 The Morris …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and one of the principal composers of the Liturgy, was born in the parish in 1499. It gave the title of Baron, the … of Thomas Cranmer, father of the archbishop, who was born at Aslacton in 1489. There is a place of worship for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a learned divine and poet in the time of Henry VI., was born here, and was commonly called John of Wheathampstead. …
Old and New London
… and brought up of alms a certain Frenchman or Breton born, who most "unkindly and cruelly," by night, murdered the …
Old and New London
… some pity upon me, for I am a poor woman and a stranger, born out of your dominion, having here so indifferent … All that I shall say of her, therefore, is this: She was born well, she lived well, and she died well; for she was born with the name of Cres well, she lived in Clerken well, …
Old and New London
… the celestial regions. The king, supported by an eagle, is borne upwards, attended by figures as the representatives of …