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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… S. Margaret, Virgin [20 July]. Heylesdon (John de), mercer.To be buried in the church of Heylesdon 1 near the tomb of his father and mother. Bequests to the said church of vestments and ornaments, the … poor scholars to school; for sending two pilgrims to Rome, there to remain in prayer throughout one Lent 4 ( per …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… of S. Luke, Evangelist [18 Oct.]. Gille (Robert), draper.To be buried in the church of S. Christopher de Bradestret. Bequests to the said church and its ministers. His tenements in the … S. Katherine aforesaid, &c. Also if he happen not to go to Rome before he dies he leaves ten marks for some honest man …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Queen's Coll. 9 July, 1612, D.D. 8 June, 1614; chaplain to the master of the rolls 1614, of Lincoln's Inn 1621, … 1561; M.P. St. Michael 1563-7, Lincoln 1571 and 1572-83, ambassador to Portugal 1567, and to the low countries 1576, … of Aynho, Northants), knighted at Richmond 28 June, 1607, ambassador into the low countries, a member of Gray's Inn …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… more parish churches of Wilton, if accurate, must be taken to include not only the borough but also its suburbs. The … of the old church was undertaken by Robert Bingham, Ambassador of the United States to the Court of St. James. … with mosaic from the shrine of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome which had formerly been in Horace Walpole's garden …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the immediate vicinity of this town; in which, according to Burnet's History of his own Times, was shed the first … blood in the Revolution of 1688, though some state this to have occurred at Cirencester. In 1747, a considerable portion of the town was destroyed by fire, to which may be attributed the uniform appearance it …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… WINCHESTER Bishops BISHOPS OF WINCHESTER Stigand Cons. to bpric. of Elmham 3 Apr. 1043, but depr. 1052. Nom. to Winchester after 29 Aug. 1047, and to Canterbury after 14 … E. Jordan (Bibl. des capécoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome, 2nd ser. xi) nos. 1327-8). 2 Temps. 2 May ( C.P.R. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… but are interesting as representing the traditions as to the early history of Windsor which were current in the … in the following year, 184 and received the Venetian ambassador in June 1519. 185 The feasts of St. George were … in the following year, in the presence of the French ambassador and a great train of nobles. Henry and Anne were …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of the Order of the … late. The title has not been met (outside Lant) from 1380 to 1418 or 1419 when Windsor was sent to the Duke of Brittany … treatise on illuminating and miniature painting; 1622 in Rome for Arundel; 1632 attended Arundel to The Hague; 1633 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… not very perceptible except from the west, but rising to 25 ft. above sea-level, or some 15 to 20 ft. above the surrounding fen. Reclamation has … pt. i, 277. In that year the earl wrote to Sir Henry Vane, Ambassador at The Hague, suggesting financial assistance …
Alumni Oxonienses
… college, New England, 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at … of Essex, M.P. Appleby 1614, and Sandwich 1625, thrice ambassador to the republic of Venice, etc., provost of Eton …