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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Poor Knights. The Great Pestilence, better known as the Black Death, ravaged England during 1348 and 1349, and it was … A lodging was also built in 13534 for the Usher of the Black Rod. Besides these works a striking clock was set up in … is a marble bust of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Elley, K.C.B., K.G.H., who died in 1839, and in the sixth arch a white marble …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… closer confinement at Hertford. The marriage of Edward the Black Prince with his cousin Joan Countess of Kent took place … Anglo-Saxon workmanship was found at Windsor ( V.C.H. Berks. i, 244). Cott. Chart. vii, 13; see also vi, 2; … at Windsor to the abbey of Hyde ( Cal. Chart. R. 12571300, p. 148). Round, Geoff. de Mandeville, 10. Rymer, Foedera, i, …
Survey of London Monograph
… 1367 granted 20 mks a year for bringing good news of the Black Prince (presumably a report of the victory at Najara, previous 3 April), pat. 4 Ed. III, p. 1, m. 13; that annuity confirmed 1379, pat. 3 Ric. II, p. … Havre), his account of which is Coll. of Arms, Anstis MS. H. 4, 58 b; 1569 suspended for not paying debts to William …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… and upper with two enriched arcaded panels, inscribed in black letter"Be not afraide of their faces, for I am with thee, saithe the Lorde. Jeram, Chap. I, verse 8 R.P." and "This pulpit was given by Thomas Higgins, gent. Anno … timber-framed, and with slate-covered roofs; it is of H-shaped plan with the cross-wings at the E. and W. ends, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Bath; (5) to James Scott, 1836, white marble tablet on black marble backing, signed Hellyer, Weymouth; (6) to Rev. … marble tablet on lion's paws surmounted by draped urn on black marble backing, signed Hellyer, Weymouth. In … Bridge, see Moreton, Monument (4). Railway Bridge, see p. 417. c(2) Rectory, of three storeys with brick walls and a …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments are noteworthy; that dated 1552 (see Plate, p. 43) is of unusually pure Italian design; the other two … dress, woman in horned head-dress, with inscription in black-letter, one corner broken away, indent of children; the … top. Interior:The entrance hall is paved with squares of black and white marble, possibly of late 17th-century date; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… with life of Foxe, etc., three volumes, almost entirely in black-letter, leather covers with brass mounts, staples for … 'Of Private Mass', and many other articles, partly in black-letter, in fairly good condition. Brackets: In chancel … cup of 1568, plain stand paten of 1671. Screen (see Plate, p. 48): Now in cartshed N. of the churchof three bays on each …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… on the Old and New Testament, 7 vols., 1508, Latin, black-letter, left to church by John Croft, vicar 16841716; … 1562, reprint of twelve Homilies, 1547; (3) Bible, 1611, black-letter, oak covers; (4) Life and Works of John Jewel, … man in civilian dress, with two sons, five daughters, black-letter inscription and shield of arms, a fesse between …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… monument, with a sketch of Came House on a scroll, see R.C.H.M., Dorset III, Blandford St. Mary (1). The kitchen wing … cresting. Between the windows are gilt console tables with black figured marble tops on bearers enriched with … because there were less than ten domiciled inhabitants (P.R.O., E. 179/103/69). From about 1580 the same incumbent …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of the Chamber can be dated to 16161625 by the initials C.P. which accompany the Prince of Wales's feathers, but Sir … strapwork borders, including a leopard and cubs, hound, bull and mastiff, bear (?) and mastiff, and boar. Above the … tree and thistle, hound baiting a bear and hound baiting a bull. The main ceiling is divided into rectangular panels by …