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Old and New London
… name, by a vote of the inhabitants, from Frederick, Duke of York, son of George II., who for some time had a … named York Street, in horror of France and honour of the Duke of York. This sketch was this day taken from the garden … occurred the secret interview between Harley and the Duke of Marlboroughwho, we are informed, entered by the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Willoughby, bart: and John Digby, esq; presented in 1704: Duke of Kingstone in 1746, 1771: Lib: Dooms: Pip: 28 H. 2. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… last encounter between the king's forces and those of the Duke of Monmouth. The parish is bounded on the south by the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1538, 21 who sold the manor in 1547 to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset. 22 After Seymour's attainder the Crown … 12th century to St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, by Henry, duke of Normandy, 38 has not been traced later. Earl Ducie …
A History of the County of Somerset
… as Sedgemoor, between the armies of the king and of the duke of Monmouth, was fought on 6 July 1685 on the moors … the manor was among estates granted to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset. 7 After his attainder in 1552 it was leased …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for many years produced a yearly profit of 30,000 to the Duke of Devonshire; but the ore becoming scarce, it was given … income, 90; patron, M. Burgoyne, Esq.; impropriator, the Duke of Devonshire. The church was rebuilt in 1820, at a cost … which was the residence of His Royal Highness the late Duke of York, occupying the brow of an eminence, near a fine …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… prosperity before c. 1780. In the latter year the Duke of Gloucester passed a winter in the town, so adding to … its already developing reputation as a watering place. The Duke subsequently built for himself Gloucester Lodge (251) in … wall. W. side (144) Ship Inn, adjacent offices to N., and Duke of Cornwall p.h. in St. Edmund Street, form an L-shaped …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… title of Baron, the first conferred upon him, to Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, the favourite of James I. and Charles I. … was the princely residence of Philip, the celebrated Duke of Wharton, and his ancestors, but is now occupied as a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… assigned to her; 84 her husband, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, had received the keeping of the manor in … with the rest of the de Bohun estates to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, lapsed on the duke's rebellion and execution. 90 By 1578 the manorial …