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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… entirely modern. The North Aisle (10 ft. wide) (see Plate, p. 349) has, in the N. wall, two windows, both of two lights … half of the 17th century, and was originally of half-H-shaped plan, with the wings projecting towards the N.; … with an original door which has ornamental hinges of the cock's-head type. The roof has probably been altered, and …
The Environs of London
… Esq. (1777); he was uncle to William Wilberforce, Esq. M.P. who inherited from him a house at Wimbledon; Kemble … mill was constructed by Mr. Rustick of Morpeth. Vol. i. p. 170. Gough's edition. Sax. Chron. p. 21, 22. Scriptores post Bedam, p. 834. Read's Weekly …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Hardwicke Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain Anno 1749 H. Flitcroft Archt.'. Monuments and Floor Slabs. Monuments: … depict the Earl and Countess; signed 'J. STUART, INVT P. SCHEEMAKERS, SCULP R.'. On N. wall (6) of Catharine … is an achievement of arms; signed 'JAMES STUART, INV T. P R. SCHEEMAKERS, SCULP. MDCCLXI' against N. wall and …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… is a marble bust of Lt.-Gen. Sir John Elley, K.C.B., K.G.H., who died in 1839, and in the sixth arch a white marble … magnificent but unfinished monument, by Alfred Gilbert, of H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, who died in 1892. The …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… was made for tennis, one of Charles's favourite games 353; cock-fighting was also a fashionable amusement. 354 The king … Anglo-Saxon workmanship was found at Windsor ( V.C.H. Berks. i, 244). Cott. Chart. vii, 13; see also vi, 2; … at Windsor to the abbey of Hyde ( Cal. Chart. R. 12571300, p. 148). Round, Geoff. de Mandeville, 10. Rymer, Foedera, i, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… modern restoration; above the roof is an ancient weather-cock. The Roofs of the chancel and nave are of the 14th … am with thee, saithe the Lorde. Jeram, Chap. I, verse 8 R.P." and "This pulpit was given by Thomas Higgins, gent. Anno … timber-framed, and with slate-covered roofs; it is of H-shaped plan with the cross-wings at the E. and W. ends, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments are noteworthy; that dated 1552 (see Plate, p. 43) is of unusually pure Italian design; the other two … window is a stone bench. The Roof of the nave (see Plate, p. 41) is low-pitched, of mid or late 15th-century date, and … brick. ConditionGood; much altered. a(11). The Cock Inn, adjoining (10), on the N. side. Part of one wing is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… western windows is the late 12th-century S. doorway (Plate p. 38), re-set in the 14th century; the two-centred arch is … 15th-century. Helms: In vestry four funeral helms (Plate p. 85), all with vizors ( a) a late 15th-century armet; ( b) … of this wing are curved brackets, carved with a hand, a cock and hen, and foliage; in the middle is the original …
A History of the County of Essex
… given regular grants for improvements to be made. 28 Mrs. Cock, by her will dated 1744, left a yearly rent-charge of £2 … The charity had been lost by 1836. 32 32nd Rep. Com. Char. p. 651. E.R.O., D/P 277/13/1, 277/25/23. Inf. from the trustees; Char. Com. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… until c. 1980 when it moved to Donnington. 60 Neither cock fighting nor bull baiting was confined to the wakes. In … (1981), 198; S.R.O. 3098/2 (naming many Snedshill pubs). P.O. Dir. Salop (1856), 93-4, 104; (1879), 373-4, 387; E. … 177-8. Trinder, op. cit. 214, 220. Ibid. 206, 220-1; V.C.H. Salop. ii. 192; T.S.A.S. xlix. 24. Trinder, op. cit. …