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A Dictionary of London
… tradition is that the City gate was erected by a British king named Belinus or Belin, but as Geoffrey of Monmouth's … times, for in the "De Institutes Lundonie" in the Laws of King Ethelred (Thorpe, I. p. 300), provision is made for the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Domesday Book, in 1086 it was probably part of the king's estate called Calne. 3 Berwick Bassett had no church … MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES From the 9th or 10th century the king held a large estate called Calne, to which Berwick … honor in 1172. 39 It was held of the honor, then in the king's hand, in 1211-12 40 but not later. After 1194 41 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the territories only which that prince held in England. King John, upon retiring from an unsuccessful invasion of … of the consistorial court of Durham, valued in the king's books at 20; net income, 289; patrons and … Benedictine nunnery, said to have been founded by David, King of Scotland, and of the monasteries of Black, Grey, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the vicarage of St. Andrew's, Pershore, and valued in the king's books at 3: the church stands in the village, and is … r. 21 p. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 4. 17. 3., and in the gift of Mr. Lenthall: … flat. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at 4. 6. 8., and in the gift of the Arden …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Beskwood Parke Beskwood Parke. King Henry the first granted to the Priory of Lenton, to have … two carts to fetch dead Wood and Heath out of Bescwood. 1 King Henry the second granted that Covent to have every day … of the Forest, it is called an Hay or Park of our Lord the King wherein no man commons. In the Regard, 31 E. 3, the …
Survey of London
… they purchased the hospital and its possessions from the King and by Royal Letters Patent re-established it as a … and in part perhaps to the mental attacks of the King. a The inmates of Bethlem were no longer looked on as a … sexes." 171 These premises, which were afterwards known as King Edward's Schools, remained in use until 1931, when the …
Old and New London
… and "Henri IV. of France and the Spanish Ambassador." This king, to the horror of the proud hidalgo, is carrying his …
The Environs of London
… body to Charles the First,) A.D. 1635, in which year the king granted his letters-patent, whereby a house in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… on the west side of Grove Road next Duckett's canal, King's Arms Row in Old Ford Road, a tollhouse, and the … respectively in 1851 by a 'lady' and a brick merchant. 23 King's Arms Row was demolished when Old Ford Road was …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and Labour, i(1), 27. The Times, 16 Feb. 1914, 9 f. Susan King, 'Formation and development of slums: East Lond. in … 33; xxiv. 100. 182 per 1,000 children under 1 yr. in 1883: King, op. cit. 74. The Times, 7 Nov. 1887, 4 c; L.C.C. Lond. … Chapters in Life of A. Harding (1981). Census, 1901-11; King, op. cit. 223, 227. The figures refer only to those born …