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Survey of London
… Plots of ground along Bankside seem to have been alienated at a very early date, so that the bishops can be exonerated … the loppings of trees, which are now let to Robert Marche at an annual rent of 7 6 s. 8 d. and 4 episcopal gardens with … arrested and in 1662 the Bishop obtained a private Act of Parliament 96 to enable him "to lease out the tenements now …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… but it was altered early in the 13th with the arcades as at present, and the whole covered by a high-pitched roof with … windows; the whole effect must have been very charming. At a subsequent period the walls were built up between the … castle, with the chapel and its advowson, was granted by Parliament to Sir William Waller in 1646. 38 However, in June …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the first in England. Under the later Angevins it shared at least an equal glory with the fair of St. Ives and the … 1293 as the result of a petition to the king at the Easter Parliament of that year, but was bidden to limit the fair to … these ben fallen withynne the same citee sethe the last Parliament holden there eighty households and one. In Jewry …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of early 17th-century date. It faces north and south at right angles to the street, and has been partly rebuilt, … coped with moulded brick and a moulded brick cornice. At the ground level is a blocked door with a pilastered Doric … 19th century the freemen met to choose their member for Parliament. There has lately (19089) been some controversy …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… it, were for long considered part of the city, so that at the inquiry regarding parliamentary boundaries of 1832 it … smaller than that inclosed by the mediaeval walls. 8 At the same time, the lay-out of the town suggests the … A map published by William Godson, according to Act of Parliament, July 1750, gives the modern names to the streets, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough life. … result that the mayor and citizens presented a petition to Parliament praying for licence under the Great Seal to … and hoolie resumed' by the king 'because of an Acte of Parliament.' Hence the mayor and citizens, being destitute of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… on the south and west and by the cliff on the north; at the south-west corner was the entrance. At the upper end the lower bailey was crossed by the ditch … his estimates, and instead of the 150,000 first voted by Parliament more than half a million had been spent upon the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic record, but are … Windsor Castle, but he was released by Richard as soon as Parliament was dissolved. 124 The next time Richard was at … and some sent to London to bring water from Hyde Park to Whitehall. 333 In June 1649 the House of Commons had passed a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12, and in the patronage of Mrs. Hildyard, of Winestead … The Hall was taken possession of and garrisoned for the parliament, in 1643; the present large and elegant mansion … commencement of the civil war, it was garrisoned for the parliament, but being taken by the Earl of Newcastle, towards …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and eight servi were employed. 81 The amount under plough at that time corresponds approximately to the 347 a. claimed … During the tenure of the Crown the demesne farm was leased at an annual rent of £3. 86 Among the tenants of the estate … mid 18th century. 97 The fields were inclosed by Act of Parliament in 1782 together with the commons, Mill common in …