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Old and New London
… that condemned Wolsey, and sent him to beg "a little earth for charity" of the monks of Leicester. The rapacious king … Shakespeare's friend and fellow actor), and other servants of the Earl of Leicester, tormented out of the City … "to the poor within their respective parishes at such rates as the committee of physicians should think …
Survey of London
… or Surrey Institution. The Rotunda was built in 17889 for James Parkinson to house the natural history collection … by Captain Cook on his voyages. Half a crown was charged for admission but financially the venture proved a failure … then opens into a spacious anti-room, which is intended for the reception of the larger kind of philosophical …
Old and New London
… LieutenantThe "Equestrian" TavernA Favourite Locality for ActorsAn Incident in Charles Dickens' BoyhoodThe … as Dr. Doran tells us in the epilogue to "His Majesty's Servants, "the powers of the licenser (the Lord Chamberlain) … chapels to parochial assessments, or the payment of poor's rates, and the experiment was first tried with Surrey Chapel, …
Old and New London
… on which the bleaching bones of men who had dared to ask for some extension of liberty, or who doubted the … and the general supposition is that it was used for that purpose during the Saxon and Danish contests, but … to mete with the Kyng," attended by all their officers and servants. "To the Blakeheth whanne they dyd atteyne, The Mair …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… it follows the course of a Roman road on the south, and for short distances on the west streams mark the probable … None of the other buildings in Blackland street was used for farming in 2000. Of the buildings standing in the 18th … to Tanner's son William (d. 1847), who devised it in trust for sale. In 1849, with the approval of the court of …
Survey of London
… frigates, which became very popular with travellers for their speed and comfort. By the end of the 1820s Green … strike on the Thames brought the yard to a standstill for many months, until the shipwrights' union's demands for higher wages were conceded. George Green so admired the negotiating …
Survey of London
… Blackwall Yard was created by the East India Company for the building and repair of its own ships. In the 1650s it … storeys high, and accommodated the company's servants in the yard. 24 Later known as the mansion house, it … Board was forced to place contracts with Johnson for third-rates. In 16656 the 62-gun Warsprite was built at Blackwall, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Charities for the poor Charities for the poor Robert Cundall, by will proved 1559, charged his … £200 to buy land, the income to benefit 'honest and true' servants in Bladon, or, failing suitable applicants, for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Bladon Township. There is no direct evidence for the medieval fields of Bladon township. The villein … was sent to Oxford to the king's baker. 20 There were five servants, including four men to look after the oxen. A stray … was 5 s. on £5 worth of goods. Four men were assessed on wages in 1523, only one in 1524. The assessments suggest a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 1279 John of London, who held Bladon manor at farm for life, had a three-weekly court and the view of … one was appointed each year. 43 Bladon raised c. £86 in rates in 1776, but between 1783 and 1785 average expenditure … greater per head of population. The township raised £49 in rates in 1776, and an average of £51 between 1783 and 1785. …