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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford, 5 miles (W. S. W.) from King's-Langley; containing 295 inhabitants. The living is a … tithes have been commuted for 160, and the curate's for 50. The chapel, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, was …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… Hesdin should hold good ( remanere liceret) by his [Robert's] permission; and that so he would place it as a cell under … successors. All which he [Robert] grants. To his [Ingelram's] petition and his own grant certain honourable knights were … Engelram 3 at Hesdin in fee, which he did by the count's advice and with his consent. Afterwards, in his house at …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… of any claim by the abbot to be overlord. Philip Marmion's undertenant in 1279 was John Hastings (d. 1313), who had … the son of Nicholas, held from John. 15 John Hastings's descendants held the manor of Fleckney certainly until 1375 … people were then working in Leicester, and many of the women were again taking hosiery work into their own homes. 79 …
Old and New London
… SignsBurning the BootTrial of HardyQueen Caroline's Funeral. Alas, for the changes of time! The Fleet, that … claiming sanctuary. In 1311 (Edward II.) five of the king's not very respectable or law-fearing household were arrested … shops in Fleet Street were, no doubt, even in Edward II.'s reign, of importance, for we find, in 1321, a Fleet Street …
Old and New London
… The "Green Dragon"Tompion and PinchbeckThe RecordSt. Bride's and its Memories Punch and his ContributorsThe Dispatch The … torch-waving procession pass along, to burn the Pope's effigy at Temple Bar. In the "Discussion Forum" many Lord … Street) once lived that famous watchmaker of Queen Anne's reign, Thomas Tompion, who is said, in 1700, to have begun …
Old and New London
… Csar"Trampling on a Master of the RollsSir William Grant's OdditiesSir John LeachFuneral of Lord GilffordMrs Clark and … Law InstituteA Tragical Story. Chancery, or Chancellor's, Lane, as it was first called, must have been a mere … brings in the tea." CLIFFORD'S INN ( see page 92). The Law Institute, that Grecian temple that has wedged itself into …
Old and New London
… FLEET STREET (NORTHERN TRIBUTARIEScontinued). Clifford's InnDyer's ChambersThe Settlement after the Great FirePeter … of that graceful story, "Peter Wilkins," from whose flying women Southey drew his poetical notion of the Glendoveer, or … she passed through the streets on her way to Tyburn. The women especially screamed, "Tear off her hat; let us see her …
Old and New London
… XII. FLEET STREET TRIBUTARIES SOUTH. Worthy Mr. FisherLamb's Wednesday EveningsPersons one would wish to have seenRam … and loyal Ministers. But it is farther to be observed that women of mean, scandalous lives, do frequently point, hiss, … a breezy May morning. Richardson, indeed, wrote more for women than men. Fielding was coarser, but more manly; he had …
Old and New London
… his Labours"Cogers' Hall"Famous "Cogers"A Saturday Night's DebateGunpowder AlleyRichard Lovelace, the Cavalier Poet"To … Painters"Hudson, the Song Writer"Jack Robinson"The Bishop's ResidenceBangor HouseA Strange Story of Unstamped NewspapersChatterton's DeathCurious Legend of his BurialA well-timed Joke. At the …
Old and New London
… Wine Office CourtSelling "The Vicar of Wakefield"Goldsmith's TroublesWine Office CourtThe Old "Cheshire Cheese." Of all … his triumphal chariotcame to Bolt Court from Johnson's Court, whither he had flitted from Inner Temple Lane, where … and pieces of wood, broken from the scaffolding of the Law Institute, then building in Chancery Lane. Another mob of …