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Staffordshire Historical Collections
… the service due to the Bishops was half a Knight's fee. The Monks of Ronton at p. 12 of their Chartulary give … we find from a document printed in the appendix to Hearne's "History of Glastonbury," that Celestria was daughter of … Sir Robert Cotton. Its official designation at the British Museum is Cottonian MS. Vespasian C.XV. Besides the families …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… were held at the cathedral between Bishop Burnet's visitation of 1697 and that of Bishop John Wordsworth in … more readiness to. ask for and accept the bishop's advice. In 1740 Joseph Sager, a residentiary canon, was … of the manuscripts by E. Maunde Thompson of the British Museum; 640 catalogues of the muniments were soon to be made …
Survey of London Monograph
… House, Fife, N.B.; Leathersellers' Hall, St. Helen's, Londonillustrated by Malcolm; 1 several also are … that in the ceiling of the principal room of the 'Workman's Home,' 4 not only is the design similar, but the ornament … was purchased by the authorities of the South Kensington Museum, and removed thence during the demolition. The remains …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… in c. 1460 was described as the stone tower in St. Leonard's Landing. 1 A date soon after 1300 is probable on … 2 The tower was repaired in 15845: the cost was 6 10 s. but this included work on the adjoining walls, requiring … with a crenellated parapet 5 ft. high. The Lodge to the Museum Gardens was built in that year to a design by G. …
Survey of London
… OF ST. GEORGE THE MARTYR The first church of St. George's, Southwark, was probably built at the beginning of the 12th … be by the same hand. The larger a, reads Edwardus d[ominu]s de Hasting me fieri fecit anno dni mil esimo CCCC XXX VIII … of 13s. 4d. to the fraternity. 81 There is in the British Museum MSS. Room a 14th century breviary which contains a …
Survey of London
… Chapel and subsequently in the new church in St. George's Road, but, since St. Mary's could on a generous estimate … by and the church not begun, they asked [Sir] John Soane to prepare plans for the new church. 284 The foundation … on Plates 64, 66 and 67, are preserved at the Soane Museum. The variations between these designs and the building …
Survey of London
… of St. Leonard of "Soresdic" had been shown in the King's court to belong to the gift of the King as against the … Frederick (Plate 5) in 1735, and preserved in the British Museum, the chief dimensions of the church were: length, 81 … was 8 2s. 8d., made up as follows 15: Elrington. s. d. Lands in Enfield 16 in the tenure of John Assheley 5 6 …
Survey of London
… 1222 to the Abbey of Westminster concerning St. Margaret's Church and parish, 70 but the rectory appears to have … corner but this may probably be attributed to the artist's desire to put it in the picture. Vertue's plan and views … the articles in current use it is now kept at the London Museum (Plate 33). Key plan showing position of monuments and …
Old and New London
… St. Bartholomew and the City. The old privileges of Rayer's Priory and precinct were, that the parishioners were not to … on the Priory and Church of St. Bartholomew in Knight's "London" searched for them than they are now. The present … to be found in its library. His bust is to be seen in the museum of the hospital, and he is represented by Hogarth, in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… suffered at and after the Reformation. In bishop Fisher's time the income of this see amounted to only 300l. in the king's books it is valued at 358l. 4s. 9d. and, like many other … Statutes, p. 406. Among the Harleian MSS. in the British Museum, are several MSS. of the life of bishop Fisher, by …