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Old and New London
… belonging to one Odo, a goldsmith, and that Hubert de Burgh, Lord Chief Justice of England under John and Henry … model which was followed in the celebrated ftes of Louis le Grand. One of the officers of the Court was the "Master of … their fingers on the forehead of the sick person, saying, "Le Roi vous touche; Dieu vous guerison." The form of prayer …
Old and New London
… writes Lady Hervey, in 1762, "is taken for the Duc de Nivernois, the French Ambassador." His name will be … the apartments of the Duchess of Portsmouth, Louise Rene de Perrencourt, whose son, by Charles II., was the first Duke … be noted the Apollo Belvidere, the Gladiator, the Venus de Medici, the Dancing Faun, Group of Hercules and Antus, the …
Old and New London
… of Henry III., when the Chief Justice of England, Hubert de Burgh, Earl of Kent, resided in it. At his death he left … inclines to the opinion that they were executed by John de Maiano, the sculptor of the medallions on Hampton Court … "It is scarcely to be supposed that, in the time of Hubert de Burgh's residence here, there was anything like that noble …
Old and New London
… of the King. The first upon actual record was William de Leybourne, "Admiral de la Mer du Roy d'Angleterre," in 1297. The office of High … its head-quarters in Downing Street, a dull, narrow cul de sac running up westwards from the corner of the buildings …
Magna Britannia
… Anno salutis 1755 et tatis 81. Gulielmus Vicecomes de Lowther, cui luculenta ejus et magna hreditus obvenit, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the possessions of Breamore Priory, founded by Baldwin de Redveriis in the reign of Henry I. It is situated on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (N. N. E.) from Preston; containing 691 inhabitants. Warin de Whitington, who lived in the reign of John, held lands in … of Whittle is a strong sulphureous spring. Whittle-Le-Woods WHITTLE-LE-WOODS, a township, in the parish and hundred of Leyland, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 10, 36, 38; S.C. 5/Cambs. Chap. ho. ser. no. 1 m. 1. Liber de Bernewelle, 256; Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.), i. 55; ii. 570; Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.), 102, 107. e.g. Cal. S.P. Dom. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The church, an ancient structure built and endowed by De Estur, lord of Gatcomb, contained chapels in honour of the … ( St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Ashby-de la-Zouch, hundred of West Goscote, N. division of the … to the Boldon book, this manor was held by Thomas de Acley, by the service of a quarter of a knight's fee; it …