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Alumni Oxonienses
… Oriel Coll., matric. 30 April, 1688, aged 17; a student of the Inner Temple 1688. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. Barry, … of David, Lord Barrymore, 1581-1617, though not named in the peerage. Barry, James B.A. Trinity Coll., Dublin, 1621, … Hall, matric. 4 Feb., 1596-7, aged 12; The Dramatic poet, a student of the Inner Temple 1600, as of Grace Dieu, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Barsham Barsham. Barsham signifies the residence of Bar. Siward Bar is mentioned in Domesday Book as holding East Beckham in Norfolk of the Conqueror; and Sier Bar had the lordship of Sheringham, … Earl of Middlesex, by whom he had Sir John Suckling, the poet, Lionel Suckling, and four daughters. 6 Sir John charged …
Old and New London
… LANE AND LOMBARD STREET. Goerge RobinsHis Sale of the Lease of the OlympicSt. Bartholomew's ChurchThe Lombards and Lombard … He is best known as the writer (in conjunction with the poet Cowper) of the "Olney Hymns." The exterior of this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a municipal borough, a market-town, and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Basingstoke, Basingstoke and N. divisions of … 200, arising from 105 acres of land. Dr. Joseph Warton, a poet and refined critic, and his brother Thomas, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bayford - Beanacre Bayford BAYFORD, a hamlet, in the parish of StokeTrister, union of Wincanton, hundred of … Baylham (St. Peter) BAYLHAM ( St. Peter), a parish, in the union and hundred of Bosmere and Claydon, E. division of … of white marble, to the memory of Edmund Waller, the poet, who died Oct. 21st, 1687. There is a meeting-house for …
Old and New London
… COLLEGE. Baron Fitzwalter and King JohnThe Duties of the Chief Bannerer of LondonAn Old-fashioned Punishment for … Act, 1857The Court of ArchesThe Will OfficeBusiness of the CourtPrerogative CourtFaculty OfficeLord Stowell, the … wretch existing in fiction. At Baynard's Castle our great poet makes Richard receive his accomplice Buckingham, who had …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… c(1). Parish Church of St. Mary and All Saints, stands in the middle of the village. The walls are faced with modern flint, and the … Burke is buried in the church, and Edmund Waller (the poet) in the churchyard. The 15th-century altar tomb in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Beanley - Beckenham Beanley BEANLEY, a township, in the parish of Eglingham, union of Alnwick, N. division of … Alnwick; containing 176 inhabitants. This was formerly the head of a barony, the lord of which had the power of … between the nave and the chancel. The Rev. Richard Jago, a poet of some note, was born here in 1715, during the …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Beccles Beccles. There is no subject more pleasing to the thoughtful mind than a contemplation of the changes wrought by time on the face of natureand few … to his eldest son, Sir John Suckling, the cavalier poet. Lady Suckling afterwards marrying Sir Edwin Rich, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Bridget) BECKERMET ( St. Bridget), a parish, in the union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. division of Cumberland; containing 630 inhabitants. The village of Great Beckermet lies partly in this parish, … glebe. The church contains the remains of Samuel Daniel, poet-laureate and historian, who died here in 1619; and of …