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Old and New London
… to Cheapside. In the old letter books in the Guildhallthe Black Book, Red Book, and White Bookwe see it in storm and … was the seizure of forty grey and white hats, and fifteen black, which were publicly burnt in the street of Chepe. What … and so had his pardon. This companie was after called the 'black-wagon.' Then were all the gallows within the Citie …
Old and New London
… the court, was a spacious and lofty apartment, paved with black and white marble, and very elegantly fitted up. The … Warden or renter had his follower clothed in white, with a black hood and black felt hat. In this reign John Chest, a goldsmith of …
Old and New London
… which is neatly planned, wainscoted, and paved with black and white marble. A high flight of stairs leads from …
Old and New London
… are the Ten Commandments, done in gold letters upon black. Between the two, northward, is the Lord's Prayer, and … cheapest of all. The register of entries was called the Black Book. Garnish was demanded at every step, and the Wood … At dinner a vintner's boy, who was in waiting, filled a bowl full of claret, and compelled the new prisoner to drink …
Old and New London
… order to celebrate the birth of the heir of England (the Black Prince, 1330), a great tournament was proclaimed in … honourable livery, in long robes, each with his hood, half black, half red, on his left shoulder. After them came … on his shoulder. The Mayor wore a long scarlet gown, with black velvet hood and rich gold collar about his neck; and …
Old and New London
… on the left hand, as you enter from Cheapside, was called "Black Spread Eagle Court," and not unlikely from the family …
Old and New London
… waiting to be hired, so that "a countryman, seeing so many black attendants waiting at a stone hovel, took it to be one … sites of three ancient houses, called respectively the "Black Bull," leased to Daniel Waldo; the "Cardinalle Hat," leased to Ann Stephens; and the "Black Boy," leased to William Carpenter, by the Mercers' …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… daughters, head of one daughter missing, inscription, in black letter, 'Her' lyth John Frankeleyn and Margarete hys … day in the yer. A o M occcc olxii o'. Font: cup-shaped bowl, with fluted scallops, band of stiff foliage at the top, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… writer, John Gerard, cherries had medicinal qualities as black cherries 'do strengthen the stomacke, are wholesomer, …
Unpublished London Diaries
… V'), Dec 1843Aug 1844. Hammersmith ALHC DD/272 312. 1844 BLACK, William Henry, of Goodman's Fields, later of Mill Yard …