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A History of the County of Middlesex
… years. Associated with the Royal coat-of-arms the cross of St. George and the arms of the City of London are frequently … greyhound as supporters. In the upper part the shield of St. George and the arms of the City of London, with the sun, … of the work of these binders was largely inspired by John Mackinlay, for whom Payne worked before his death. John …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of setting up his statue on the summit of the steeple of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury. This occasioned the … was one of the principal inhabitants of the parish of St. Giles in the Fields, and of the new parish of St. George … in the brewing trade carried on by Benjamin Truman, John Denne, Francis Cooper, and the surviving executors of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… and 'kistmakers' living in the City, Southwark, and St. Giles. In 1567 in the Ward of Bridge Without 5 alone … work is at Petworth House, Sussex, but the choir stalls at St. Paul's Cathedral afford an excellent example of his … in wood-carving for the decoration of his interiors. John Wilton, one of his protègès, was born in London in 1722, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Abbey in 1469, one Harcourt, who was employed also by Sir John Paston. Writing in the spring of that year, Sir John … a turret clock with a pendulum for the church of St. Paul, Covent Garden, which was afterwards destroyed by … musical clocks and watches; Francis Magniac (1770-94) of St. John's Square, Clerkenwell, a maker of complicated clocks …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… them to stand at the "Maypole" in the Strand,' where St. Mary's Church now is. A patent (No. 3) was granted to … of steel;' another patent (No. 244) was taken out by John Bellingham on 7 January 1685 'for making square window glasses for chaises and coaches.' On 13 May 1740 John Tull was granted a patent (No. 570) for a sedanchair …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… by Edward III, dated 28 March 1350. 1 It recites that John de Lincoln, master for the works in the King's Chapel in … the construction of the magnificent Beauchamp Chapel in St. Mary's Church, Warwick, as a last resting-place for the … refugees who fled from their country after the massacre of St. Bartholomew in 1572 were some who brought with them the …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to the north of London, passing to the eastward of old St. Pancras Church, along what is now the Hornsey Road, went … of the London Docks (1805), the East India Docks (1806), St. Katharine's Dock (1828). Since those days dock extension … firms such as Perrier, Idris & Co., Schweppes Ltd., and John G. Webb & Co. Turning to solid food it is a noticeable …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… last and came for religion; he ys a sojourner with John James, a virginall-maker, no denizon and of the Duche … 2 'at the Golden Ball opposite the little south door of St. Paul's, in St. Paul's Church-yard, for half a crown each person.' …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… earliest attempt at paper-making in England was made by John Tate, the younger, mayor of London in 1496, who erected … of seizing the rags sold at rag shops in Clerkenwell, St. Giles's Cripplegate, Shoreditch, Whitechapel, Stepney, and St. Katharine's, to prevent their being sold to make paper. 6 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to Lady Charlotte Schreiber, 6 which includes a diary of John Bowcocke, who was employed in the works as a commercial … The firm had a retail shop in Cornhill and a warehouse at St. Katharine's near the Tower. 7 Among the artists whom they … the nobility and gentry, their warehouse on the Terrace in St. James's Street is constantly supplied with everything …