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Survey of London
… design. 232 When Marochetti saw Armstead's model a month or two later he was unhappy that a figure seen from below … so, Grey thought that a British sculptor such as Foley or Theed would have done it much more cheaply. 238 Marochetti … Scott's office was at first fearful that Baron Triqueti, or perhaps Thomas Woolner, might get the commission. 264 Grey …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1681, 39 and in 1984 several buildings of the 17th century or earlier survived in the Street, which forms a hollow-way … and a half bays and a smoke bay. In the later 16th century or earlier 17th a brick chimneystack was built in the smoke … Green 300 yd. north of Albourne Street there were three or four houses in 1681 44 and six or seven in the mid 19th …
The Aldermen of the City of London
… January 18, 1423 [H.R. 151 (32)] 1422 John atte Water (or Bithewater), Goldsmith. S. 14245. [Present Nov. 17, 1422, … 1423, Present Dec., 1427] 7 February, 1428 John Pattesle (or Paddesle), Goldsmith S. 14323. [Sworn March, 1428] 8 … ( Fishmonger), R. Billesdon, E. Shaa] Knighted 1486 or 1487; removed to Cheap, June 9, 1488. June 13, 1488 John …
Old and New London
… Post was afterwards assigned to Mr. William Dockwra (or Docwra). By the early regulations, all letters not … in the chief streets near the Exchange were as many as six or eight times a day, and in the outskirts there were four … build a house in Moorfields, wherein he will have common plays acted. "24th Feb., 1667-8. To the Nursery, where none …
A History of the County of Northampton
… to these two features, on either the road from Paulerspury or Church Lane, which runs west from the main road between … the same, reflecting the absence of any marked rise or fall in population. Later in the 19th century a farmhouse … Surrey until William should recover his lands in Normandy, or until the king could make him an equivalent in exchange …
A History of the County of Essex
… boundary passed through a cottage known as the Wick or Jeffrymans, demolished before 1876. 2 There were two … church. 5 The earliest medieval settle- ment, Ealda's or the old 'ham' or homestead, from which the parish takes its name, was prob- …
A History of the County of Stafford
… with 29 live pigs in a year when acorns were plentiful or 10 live oxen in a bad year, 6 sextaries of lard, 20 large … monks was safeguarded, and he was allowed to bring three or four companions with him to the monks' refectory and one or two to the monks' parlour. These arrangements were to …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… in which the dedication of this church to All Hallow or All Saints originated are unknown, nor can any … unanimously, that "the propriety of building a new, or repairing the present church," be referred to the … was the last incumbent, and had a pension of 3, 10 s. or 18 s. 6 d. per annum. This John Pulhore, in 1346, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… library is noteworthy. Architectural DescriptionThe Front or South Quadrangle (124 ft. by 74 ft.) is substantially of … on the N. front, they are partly original and of one or two lights with square heads and labels, but in every case … range retains a number of original doorways with square or four-centred heads; the roof has curved braces to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and on either side of Charlton's Inn there had been halls or tenements owned by Oriel, St. Frideswide's, or Oseney. These were first leased and then acquired, or else acquired outright by the archbishop. 10 Oriel relaxed …