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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Wheatenhurst or Whitminster Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest the king's thegn … 42/116 f. 56. Trans. B.G.A.S. lvi. 224n. Smith, Men and Armour, 305-6. Atkyns, Glos. 812. The notion that the estate …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… with stone dressings; the roofs of the nave, transepts and chancel are covered with slate, and those of the aisles … marbles, with recumbent effigies of a knight in plate armour, c. 1637, and his wife; figures of six sons and eight … his wife, recumbent alabaster figures, the knight in plate armour; sides of tomb panelled, eight small figures in relief …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Wheathampstead with Harpenden Churches and charities CHURCHES The church of ST. HELEN, 196 … plaster used to support the hands. He is dressed in plate armour with a hauberk of mail beneath. His hands are raised … leaning upon his left elbow and wearing a suit of plate armour. His left hand supports his head and his right rests …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… flat: the soil varies from a stiff clay to a light sand and gravel; grain of every kind is grown, and the meadows and pastures are rich. The river Tame bounds … which is one to Sir John Jeffery, Kot., with his effigy in armour, and another to one of the Hemley family: the pulpit …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… is a large parish 5 m. N.E. of Lyme Regis. The church and Coney's Castle Camp are the principal monuments. … d(1) Parish Church Of St. Candida ( Or St. Wite) And Holy Cross (Plates 83, 207, 209) stands in the village. … strapwork, cornucopiae etc.; effigy in enriched plate armour under arched recess with enriched back and arch and …
Survey of London
… PALACEBUILDINGS Sorbire came to England about 1665, and has left his impressions on record. One of the places … very stately, because the rest of the Palace is ill Built, and nothing but a heap of Houses, erected at divers times, … occurs the item: "For a pedestall to set the Cap a pee Armour on over the door going into the King's Presence." …
Survey of London
… Wolsey's departure, he came from Greenwich by water, "and landed at the house which once belonged to the Cardinal, where he has found handsome and well-furnished apartments, provided with everything that … Rockewood being a gentilman of Lyncolnes inne, and in armour at the said court gate, was shotte throughe his nose …
Old and New London
… Jones' Design for a New PalaceResidence of the Ladies and Gentlemen of the CourtAn Ingenious Design for Rebuilding … Friars of Holborn, who sold it to the Archbishop of York; and his successors in that metropolitan see made it their … and mounted him on his horse. He then offered his own armour at the foot of a crowned pillar near her Majesty's …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The vicarial tithes have been commuted for 11; and the impropriate for 106. 17. payable to Christ's … discharged rectory, united to the vicarage of Aukborough, and valued in the king's books at 6. 10. Whitton WHITTON, a … other ancient memorials, are a monument of a knight in armour, and the effigies of two females. Whitworth WHITWORTH, …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… diary 1855 1859 1855 Book 1 st. Commencing Jan 1 st 1855 and ending Nov 30, 1855 [NOTE: First two pages missing] 27. … Went in morning to Maze Pond, to hear Rev. J. Aldis, and in the evening staid at home on account of my cough. Cold … to Mr Bernal's collection in Eaton Square. I saw some fine armour, a great number of curious old watches and other …