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A History of the County of Sussex
… keeping, and when it was alerted against the threat of a French invasion. 97 Both murage and castle-guard services … John Mowbray was ordered to go there to repel a possible French invasion. 3 Fifty years later the castle was no longer … it was proposed to use it for defence against a possible French invasion. 21 In 1798 the castle mound was visited for …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1410, the house was called the 'manor of Seyne', a French word meaning blood. 2 It was described as a …
A Dictionary of London
… to "fortify with stockades," which gives the French word "bretasse," "bratticed," and "bretasse," …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and skill. Of the later additions to the chapel, the brass eagle given in 1731 by Thomas Lee Dumner replaced another …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… stone. Over the entablature is a shield of arms: Gules an eagle or and a chief vair. On the north face of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… crown and supported by a silver antelope and a golden eagle; 4. John Duke of Suffolk, K. G., d. 1491: De la Pole … K.G., d. 1461 : Butler with a helm crested with an eagle rising from a bush of feathers all gold; 7. Abingdon …
The Environs of London
… Paid for a beast for the parish use 2 6 8 "given to the French chapel by consent 1 0 0 "1625, for a coffin to draw …
Survey of London
… at the same time as the house. Dubois was an architect of French birth who had lived in England for some years, and who … in 17945 a series of charity concerts for the 'Society of French Emigrants', 80 and in 1797 lectures by 'one Jones and …
Survey of London
… Wheler and his lessees further north, between Black Eagle Street and Bethnal Green (see Chapters VI and XVII). In …