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A New History of London
… a benefactor to the prison, who is said to have made the first step toward his good fortune by means of a … St. Sepulchre's church-yard to Tyburn, he tolls his bell again, and the cart stopping, he adds: "All good people, pray … to have been destroyed by the Pagan Saxons, and restored again upon the old foundations, when they embraced …
A New History of London
… youth, and loose people to resort to: upon which it was again reduced to the original term of three days, and the … Fleet-ditch. This ditch after the fire of London was made navigable for barges to come up by the assistance of the … such a design than this college; he therefore purchased it again of them for 1300l. When Gresham college, where the …
A New History of London
… This is a very ancient foundation: for mention is made of it in theantiquities of Canterbury and the Monasticum …
A New History of London
… crosses the ward from east to west; and from Thames-street again several other lanes run down to the respective wharfs …
A New History of London
… number of acts of parliament, in which alterations are made every year more or less, as commercial circumstances …
A New History of London
… a Spanish invasion they were augmented to 5000, and were again reviewed on Blackheath 9; and on the intelligence of … being of course rendered more difficult to attain; it was again greatly neglected: but in the year 1610, some gentlemen … with the name of the Artillery company; and the levies made in the civil war that succeeded, in which the city …
A New History of London
… king Henry VIII. desirous of rewarding Sir Thomas Audley, speaker of the parliament against cardinal Wolsey, sent for … as to leave no room to apprehend this edifice will ever again fall under the disadvantage of being buried by the …
A New History of London
… being rebuilt in 1558, was destroyed by fire in 1666, and again rebuilt, as it now appears, in 1672. It is a square …
A New History of London
… and charge. Over this weigh-house, is a large room, now made use of as a dissenting meeting-house. There are three … to the united livings. Vid. p. 9, ante. Billingsgate was made a free market for fish, by the 10 & 11 W. III. c. 24. …
A New History of London
… the town before that memorable ra. The south end was again burnt in 1765; and on the west side within two or three … side of Bishopsgate-street within, well inhabited; and is made more agreeable by the rows of trees round the churchyard … keep this monument in repair. He is embalmed, in a chest made with a lid having a pair of hinges without any …