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Survey of London
… appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building operations of that monarch no doubt … published "A Survey and Ground Plot of the Royal Palace of White Hall, with the Lodgings & Apartments belonging to their … Museum is a MS. plan entitled "Plan of the Palace of White Hall." Beneath the bottom margin is a note: "This Plan …
Survey of London
… Place. On 2nd November, 1529, only a few days after Wolsey's departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and landed at … purchased by Henry VIII, as "set and lyeng ayenst the white crosse and ayenst the grene before the Kinges Manor … coronation feast "by water to Yorke Place, which is called White Hall, "and (ii) the account in the Chronicle of the …
Old and New London
… Placethat is past: For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." … who dressed in such a manner as to do full justice to a white bosom, who ogled significantly, who danced … first Stuart sovereigns, and its home was the Palace of White hall. The masque, as such, is styled by pleasant and …
Old and New London
… of Oliver CromwellThe Ultimate Fate of Cromwell's BodyThe Exhumation discussedCurious Record in an Old Parish … Life under the StuartsCock-fightingDefoe's AccountIts Prevalence in England. In the "New View of … Duchess of Marlborough) in her hood and mantle, descended White Hall Stairs and took her pleasure in her barge on the …
Old and New London
… hortos." Juvenal. The Privy Gardens and King Charles's curious Sun-dialsName changed to Whitehall GardensLady Hervey and Sir Thomas RobinsonSir Robert Peel's HousePembroke House and Gwydyr HouseThe Local Government … the way from Somerset House to Charing Cross we pass the 'White Hart,' the 'Red Lion,' the 'Mairmade,' the 'iii Tuns,' …
Old and New London
… banqueting-house, and other apartments, as "Henry VIII.'s Gallery," the "Boarded Gallery," the "Matted Gallery," the … pleasant lodgings, buildings, and mansions for his grace's singular pleasure, comfort, and commodity, to the honour of … and one large dried cod; twelve red herrings and twelve white herrings, and four half-quartern loaves. Each person …
Old and New London
… grac'd, But by his death imperfect and defac'd." Storer's Metrical History of Wolsey. Wallingford HousePope's Lines on the Death-bed Scene of Villiers, Duke of … the committee-room there is a handsome fireplace of carved white marble, brought from the old East India House; and on …
Magna Britannia
… Whitehaven, called in ancient records Whyttothaven ( i. e. White-toft-haven), which had belonged to the priory of St. Bees, was purchased in his father's life-time by Sir Christopher Lowther, second son of Sir … 1807 created Earl of Lonsdale. The Castle 2, his Lordship's seat at Whitehaven, where he occasionally resides, is a …
Survey of London
… Whitfield Street stood Fitzroy Chapel, later St. Saviour's Church, which is separately noticed below (p. 48). North of … somewhat altered, the brickwork of the house being painted white. No. 143 has been modernized, the house being rendered … Howland Street most of the area was taken up by Whitefield's Chapel and Burial Ground (see p. 67), and a new school …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… great resort. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 12. 11. 3., and in the patronage of the Dean and … the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. 10. 10.; net income, 302; patron, the Bishop of … to have been celebrated, under the name Drv Wen, or the White Town, by Llywarch Hen, a noble British bard, who …