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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Joseph Gulston, Esq., proprietor of the hamlet, is a neat stone mansion, pleasantly situated on the side of a hill, and … of Knutsford and Wilmslow. The sessions-house and house of correction for the county were erected in … and pasture land, and hopground, with many orchards. Stone is quarried for reparing the roads. Kyre House, …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… In 1758 the carpentry was for Charles Monson's dwelling house in Spring Gdns. Two carved tabernacle frames were … Lawrence undertook a considerable amount of carving in stone at Greenwich Hospital, including the restoration of the … of 1779. Worked at Somerset House, Strand, 177791, in both stone and wood. Also worked at Strawberry Hill, Westminster …
A Dictionary of London
… meant to typify the excellence of the ale brewed in the house, which defied the competition of the women brewers in … superseded the old appellation in 1845. Lady Bitch's House Opposite Banister's Court, now or later the dwelling of …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… of Ranulf abbot of St. Michael's monastery, he grants that house ( locus) the mill of Veim, which his father Robert had … Nativity of the Virgin; and in Rouen, land for building a house thereon. This gift was made in the year 1088, the … Ralf the monk and Andrew receiving them, on behalf of that house with a green branch of thorn ( cum spine viridi ramo), …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… St. Peter, they are thenceforth to be more loving to that house, with all its possessions, and to the brethren there … by the counsel of the abbot and whole convent of that house in frank almoin for ever. Testibus: Matheo Gernun; … set himself against it, as a wall, on behalf of that his house, and vindicate its rights, that it may possess them …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… So also, when the abbot shall recall one of them to his house (the abbey), unless he be the prior, sub-prior, or … he begs to share in the prayers and good works of their house. [12041207.] (Charter roll, ut supra. Trans. Vol. II. … absolution from himself without delay. He sends their house, for which he has a special affection, this report of …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 9 Feb., 1638-9, aged 14. Lane, Joseph B.A. from Peter House, Cambridge, 1660-1, M.A. 1664; incorporated 12 July, … M.A. 11 May, 1681, (perhaps) B.A. 1675, and fellow Peter House, Cambridge, though more probably B.A. from Christ's … Hart Hall 12 Dec., 1618. Laurence, William B.A. from Peter House, Cambridge, 1568-9, M.A. 1572 (incorporated 15 July, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Lapis armenus [lapis armeus; lapis armenus] Armenian stone, or azurite, a naturally occurring basic COPPER … Rates. References: Harley (1970). Lapis tartari Literally 'stone of tartar'. Presumably it was ARGOL or TARTAR in …