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Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… gave no medicine, but cured ague by 'reading in a booke' and taking nail parings which he used to the 'help and good' of his patients. Buck, a scullion of the Lord … to be charming but whether it be physicke yt is doubted and they will take counsell upon it.' Initiator of the …
Survey of London
… Winchester House and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his successors a stretch of land in Southwark extending …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is the only remaining portion of the castle where Norman and Angevin kings resided, where Henry I was married to Maud of Scotland and their son William Atheling was born, where Henry III was … 432. Ibid. 13337, p. 215; 133941, p. 33. There is little doubt that William of Wykeham, who was at the castle during …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … little profit, owing to lack of customers, and this no doubt barely defrayed the cost of necessary repairs; while … traders were probably from Dinant, near Namur. Here, no doubt, as Dr. Kitchin has suggested, the monks of St. Swithun …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… north from where Jewry Street meets the North Walls and City Road, passes west of the site of Hyde Abbey. There … in Hyde Street of early 17th-century date. It faces north and south at right angles to the street, and has been partly rebuilt, all the windows being …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. … the convicted citizen suffered brutal mutilation 2 and blinding. This law may well have been the Conqueror's. In … Notable examples of this occurred in the year 1249, no doubt in connexion with the episode of the Brabant merchants …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. Birinus … the original capitals and shafts have been preserved, no doubt on account of the rood screen and side chapels which … of the arcades to the east. Walkelin's presbytery was no doubt taken down piece by piece as the work proceeded, and …
Survey of London
… to its present site at the corner of Cleveland Street and Mortimer Street. St. Pancras Female Charity School was … show that nearly all the houses on both the north and south sides of the street were occupied by the year 1770. … built by William Weston," and other parcels which were no doubt already occupied by dwellings. Nothing of particular …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The … ascribe its building to King William, the castle was no doubt raised by his orders, 3 and from the first it has been … level ground on top of the cliff. All the banks were no doubt crested by lines of wooden palisades and the top of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … did some service in the field. 297 In October the House resolved that the garrison should be reduced to 200 soldiers, …