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The Environs of London
… aliened by John Stonard to William Avery 44; in 1585, by George Harvey to Peter Palmer 45. It became vested in the … In 1628, Martin Steward, Esq. sold it to Jacob Price; and George Price (anno 1646) to William Knightley, whose widow … Elizabeth, wife of Christopher Hobson, Gent. of Clifford's-Inn, 1780; and Christopher Musgrave, D. D. vicar, 1780. In …
The Environs of London
… Cresheld, one of the Justices of the Common Pleas,) 1654; George Proctor, citizen of London, 1656; his wife Sarah, … Isabel, wife of Edward Bellew, citizen of London, 1666; George, son of James Ravenscroft, Esq. 1683; Dame Margaret, … Henry Hart, Gent. 1727; Elizabeth his daughter, wife of George Stead, 1732; William Smith, citizen of London, 1736; …
The Environs of London
… his sister, relict of Peter Burrell, Esq. and William and George Evelyn Glanville, Esqrs. the sons of Bridget, another … Parish church. The parish church, dedicated to St. George, is a neat structure, consisting of a chancel, nave, … Samuel Wragg, merchant, 1737; Richard Holden, of Lincoln's-Inn, 1737; Captain Zachary Tovey, 1740; Benjamin Turton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In 1474, Edward IV. and his queen kept the festival of St. George here; and subsequently, in 1485, Henry VII., on his … Castle for greater security, was for some time at the Bull inn, in the custody of the Earls of Shrewsbury and … enlarged and improved at an expense of 3000, by the late George Ward, Esq., who added the tower at the west end, the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… A Neolithic axe was found in the parish before 1902 (T. J. George, Arch. Survey of Northants. (1904), 13; VCH …
A History of the County of Oxford
… stood in Cornmarket Street, from 1669 near the Cross inn. 17 The city also owned a cage, removed in 1574 from … ff. 153v.154. e.g. ibid. f. 155v. where the initials of George Reve, one of the serjeants, appear over many suitors' …
Old and New London
… in Covent Garden in 1722. Even so lately as the reign of George II. Covent Garden retained much of its fashionable … around Covent Garden at the commencement of the reign of George III., and Voltaire probably often used them in passing … already stated, it may be added, gives a view of Lincoln's Inn Fields when first built upon. The houses on the north and …
Old and New London
… of Charles I.), brother to Lord Herbert of Cherbury and George Herbert, who died in 1673. Not far off rests Samuel … also John Wolcot, the "Peter Pindar" of the reign of George III., whom he lashed, as well as his minister Pitt, … the celebrated Dr. Arne, the composer. In after times an inn, called after these three Oriental sovereigns, would …
Old and New London
… the year 16367, and derived its name from the "White Hart" Inn, which was still standing as late as the reign of George I. In it died Haines, the comic actor, in 1701. It was … coffee and to be amused. In the early part of the reign of George III. there was established at "Tom's" a club, …
Survey of London
… 1827. This first lease, dated 10 February 1670/1, was to George Collop of Gray's Inn, esquire, and Sarah Bennett of St. Paul's, widow, for … 'A fully equipped duke', observed Mr. (later Earl) Lloyd George during the budget crisis of 1909, 'costs as much to …