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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of the parish of S. Giles without Crepulgate.To be buried in the churchyard of the said parish. His brewery in … the decease of Reyna his wife, charged with the payment of an annuity to John his brother and to the rector of the … to his aforesaid master as compensation for peculations committed by him in his master's shop over against le …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… [25 Jan.]. Tamworthe or Thamworthe (John de).To be buried in the church of S. Sepulchre without Neugate. Bequests to … timber, and the reversion of all his rents and tenements in Chauncelereslane and Ratonsrowe, of which he was jointly … the said church. To the high altar of the same he leaves an osculatory 6 ( deosculatorium) silver gilt and an Ordinal …
Survey of London
… area CHAPTER X. Wilmington Square Area The area described in this chapter, centred on Wilmington Square, lies between … after the Napoleonic Wars as the site of great assemblies in support of universal suffrage. That was on the eve of its … 315. Wilmington Square area Merlin's Cave Around 1700 an isolated group of humble cottages went up on the knoll …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the … consisting of isolated fields, and is highly irregular in shape. In the north and north-west its boundaries … or mill bridge was probably built in the Middle Ages below an earlier crossing of the river Cale. Both it and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 … abound with interesting scenery, and on the south is an uninterrupted view of the fine Vale of Black more, … numbers at Southampton, advanced to Winchester, where they committed the most barbarous outrages. When retiring to their …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Henry I extended the fair-time for a further five days in exchange for lands taken from the bishopric. Stephen 1 granted six days more and Henry Plantagenet early 2 in his reign, characteristically ignoring his predecessor's … in England. Under the later Angevins it shared at least an equal glory with the fair of St. Ives and the famous mart …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winton, Wyncestre (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. … was attached to the parish of Weeke Within. 5 In 1902 6 an order was obtained for the union for civil purposes of the … who was resting on horseback outside the Dog and Star alehouse 'with a pott of beer in his hand,' cried, 'Here is …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of Wolvesey Palace in the southern suburb of the ancient city is the College of … Meads, New Field, and Dogger's Close. A mistake was committed towards the end of the century, when the college … in 1832 by warden Barter. It was for some time used as an examination hall, and since 1910 is the Fellows' Library. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… boroughs 1 of the 12th century, is of peculiar interest. In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and … punished by minor mutilation, as for example the loss of an ear. 9 The proceedings customary at Winchester for the … offences against the assize, nightworking 46 and similar misdemeanours, and also profited by the issue of licences to …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of … 1604 King James I, again for the relief of their fee farm, committed the farm of the custody and ulnage of all vendable … Boromote, 155060 (Winton Corp. Doc.), fol. 5 b. Either his misdemeanours were not very great or were easily forgiven, …