Search
Calendar of Treasury Books
… for 100 l. to Sir Salathiell Lovell Kt. for Michaelmas and Hilary term 1696 on his 200 l. per an. as one of the … for 40 l. to Robert Gainsford in reward for discovering and apprehending Thomas Wilkinson convicted at Chipping … Forest, taking care to cut only such as bear no green hue; and to sell same to the King's best advantage, …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles I
… Roger Robinson, Robert Wilkinson, William Chapman, and John Selby. William and Thomas, of London. 140 William Person p. 18. July 24 John … Heather, William Effington, Mary Pickering, James Prince and his company, and Robert Fermis. Hannah 100 James Prince …
A Survey of London
… Watches in London Of watches in this Citie, and other Matters 1 commanded, and the cause why. Curfew Bell at 8. of the clocke commaunded fire and candle to be quenched.; Rog. Houeden manuscript.; Night …
Old and New London
… Waterloo Place and Her Majesty's Theatre CHAPTER XVII. WATERLOO PLACE AND HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. "Hic alta theatris Fundamenta … which he lived. This is the best answer to the senseless cry raised against him by those whose enmity arose from their …
A History of the County of Essex
… provided ample room for industry. The river was navigable and furnished power for a group of tidal mills which were already important in 1066, and during the next seven centuries served industries as … department, notable for its manufacture of the 'Hue' fire-grate, but this no longer exists. Paper and …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Ham Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO 1836. In the mid 13th … de Montfitchet (d. 1267) was holding view of frankpledge and enforcing the assize of bread and ale on his manor in … the counter. The Freethinker issue became the rallying-cry of those who in 1899 formed the Municipal Alliance …
Old and New London
… Westminster Abbey Chapels and royal tombs CHAPTER LIII. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.THE CHAPELS AND ROYAL TOMBS. "A feeling sad came o'er me as I trod the sacred ground Where Tudors and Plantagenets were lying all around; I stepp'd with …
Old and New London
… CHAPTER XLIX. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.ITS EARLY HISTORY. "And they shall then behold the scene around In wasted age, in … of the First AbbeyThe Building burnt by the Danes and restored by King EdgarRebuilt by Edward the ConfessorDeath of Edward the ConfessorAdditions and Alterations to the Abbey by Henry III.Translation of the …
Old and New London
… royal heads receive the sacred gold; It gives them crowns, and does their ashes keep: There made like gods, like mortals … Abbey damaged by an EarthquakeCoronation of George III. and Queen CharlotteHumility of a KingThe Handel … round the Abbey. The troops took the confused noise for a cry of alarm raised by their friends, and as they had …
Old and New London
… pillars rear their marble heads To bear aloft its arch'd and ponderous roof; By its own weight made steadfast and immovable, Looking tranquillity. It strikes an awe And … of festal mirth, The tombswhich hear and answer that brief cry, The infant's notice of his second birth Recall the …