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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at that time estimated at upwards of 600. A house of Black friars, and two hospitals dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene and … are scattered many of the singular masses of stone called "Grey Wethers," and, when broken, "Sarsden-stones," or, by … permanent settlements in Wiltshire, particularly at Easton-Grey, Wanborough, near Heytesbury, and Littlecot. The …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it was asserted that tithes had always been paid on Friars' Mead, and that 12 s. a year was the rate of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… urban population, for as late as 1245 the Black Friars thought it worth while to establish a community in … the older town. It was highly significant that in 1280 the Friars Preachers moved from Wilton where they had settled …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… where original, are of coursed pebbles with dressings of grey limestone and clunch; the roofs are tiled, except that …
The Environs of London
… in 1286 41. The church has lately been rebuilt with grey-stock bricks, at the expence of about 2,200l. The new …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… born Rattray) and Urania (Pawlet-t) (Plate 139); large grey marble panel with achievement of arms, descriptive … an enriched sarcophagus in brown veined marble against a grey obelisk to which is affixed an achievement of arms in … panel; above is an urn in brown marble against a grey background standing on a base of three steps around …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the town; and the interesting ruins of a monastery of Grey friars founded by Edward II. Some fragments of the conventual … the tomb of William Rufus, in the centre of the choir, of grey marble, raised about two feet above the surface of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… King John gave to William his tailor for an annual rent of grey fur. 16 Apart from these 'halls' the surveys give … century to the Dissolution was the house of the Dominican Friars, the site of whose priory was granted to Winchester …