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A Dictionary of London
… by an explosion of gunpowder, 1649 (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 36). Rose Inn In Fleet Street, belonging to the Monastery … South out of Bethlem to Petty France (Strype, ed. 1720, I. ii. 108-Boyle, 1799). Now included in Broad Street Buildings (q.v.) (Maitland, 1775, II. 795). Round Court North out of Barbican, west of Plough …
Survey of London
… agreement was made in October 1896 with a developer called Henry Roffey. 48 This was for a long lease with a three-year … 198991 Nos 7282 The site, one of those given up by Henry Roffey in 1898, was let to a developer named Lamplough, … a symmetrically fronted three-bay block, first occupied by Henry Ward & Co., billposters, previously at No. 131 Rosebery …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… stood at a short distance. It was made a free borough by Henry III., and in the 33rd of the reign of Edward I. sent … has never been resumed. The Duke of Hereford, afterwards Henry IV., passed a night here on his way to Monmouth, to see … family of Pipard, to whom it belonged in the time of Henry II. It is bounded on the east by the river Thames, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… it, and kept possession of it till its capture by Robert II., who made it occasionally his residence during the years … in Glenfruin and on the lands of Kirkmichael and Millig. Henry Bell, Esq., civil engineer, and the successful promoter … by Robert Bruce in 1312, and again in 1460, when James II., who was present at the siege, was killed by the bursting …
Old and New London
… of the Descent of the ManorTraditional Visit of Charles II. to RotherhitheDreadful Fire in RotherhitheCondition of … place was included in the royal manor of Bermondsey; but Henry I. granted part of it to his natural son Robert, Earl … by order of the Black Prince and John of Gaunt. Afterwards Henry IV. resided there in an old stone house, when afflicted …
The Environs of London
… the King's permission, granted it in the reign of Richard II. to the priory of St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey 4. It was … that Sir William Lovell was seized thereof in the reign of Henry VI. 7 Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, had … I. 8 Sir Hugh Burnell, who died in the eighth year of Henry V. held the manor of Rotherhithe for term of life of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a number of authorities (OS Record Cards; VCH Northants., II (1906), 417). However, its unusual shape and the ample …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… nearest to Desborough' (J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants., II (1791), 266). A small priory of nuns of the Augustinian … and it was finally suppressed in 1536 (VCH Northants., II (1906), 1378). In the 19th century a residence called The … the early 18th century (J. Bridges, Hist. of Northants., II (1791), 56). Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists on …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 983 inhabitants. In the reign of Richard II. this was the landing-place of the French, who, in revenge … a park inclosed within a circular pale, belonged to Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, from whom it passed to Henry, Duke of Lancaster. It afterwards passed to John of …