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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing some well-built houses. The environs abound with interesting scenery, and on the south is an … of England, is decorated with hangings of blue silk richly embroidered; the chair and canopy of state are superb, and … the curtains and cushions are of blue velvet with gold fringe, and on the canopies of the several stalls are …
Survey of London
… customarily mown for the use of the bishop's household, with the profits of the fisheries and the loppings of trees, … at an annual rent of 7 6 s. 8 d. and 4 episcopal gardens with a house called le Netherhows and a low chamber beneath a … was rychely hangyd with ryche cloth of arras wrought with gold and sylver and sylke" for the reception of John, Duke of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Hyde Abbey which it contains. It is built of flint with limestone dressings, the south side of the nave coated with cement and the tower faced with stone and flint … Mary, Tanner Street; St. Mary 'de Wode'; St. Mary, near Gold Street; St. Mary de Linca Selda; St. Martin's, Parchment …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Under the later Angevins it shared at least an equal glory with the fair of St. Ives and the famous mart of Holland or … or judicial assessors to hear, apparently in association with the judges of the Pavilion Court of the fair, cases in … 72 In 11656, however, the weavers began to pay 1 mark of gold (6) 'de Gersuma pro consuetudinis libertatibus suis …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… By the time of John the men of the merchant gild are dealt with in the charter given pro fideli servicio to the citizens of Winchester 7; they were becoming identified with the burghal community, and the 'twenty-four' were to be … The mayor keeps his robe and wears with it the gold chain of office presented by the citizens in 1879. 118 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had granted Windsor with 20 hides of land in the neighbourhood to the monastery … being adorned with little bells and the saddles richly embroidered. A visit from Edmund Earl of Cornwall to the … chapel and afterwards received as a gift from the king a gold cup adorned with pearls and with a piece of unicorn's …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The walls are of limestone rubble, flint and carstone with limestone dressings; the roofs are covered with slate, stone slates and lead. The earliest parts are of … S.E. window, two fragments each with red rose on field of gold leaves, 15th-century. Inscription: see West Tower. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… century from a secluded settlement into a large village with extensive housing for workers in Burton. Later in the … township and village The underlying rock is sandstone with some marl, overlain with boulder clay in the south-eastern part of the township …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to peat on clay at the extreme western end in the fen. With an area of about 6 square miles it is smaller than the … between Newton and Tydd on the northwest. The boundary with Leverington on the south is not so clearly defined, and … p.), and the Drove or roadway below the Bank from Fitton Gold Gate to the Chapel on the Sea (3 a. o r. 28 p.). The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to prosecute for debts, to make leases of guild property with the consent of 12 of the 'most honest' members, and … who preceded the alderman to and from church 'with their garlandds and typpe-stavyes in their handds'. 6 … comprised a silver-gilt crown, a stag with a gilt head, a gold figure of Jesus, two Agnus Dei in silver, four crystals, …