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… paved with Freestone. The South Side lieth open to Bedford Garden, where there is a small Grotto of Trees, most … street leading from Drury Lane. The garden wall of Bedford House formed the south side, and the fourth Earl of Bedford probably never intended that this side should be …
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… 1st Earl of 1700 24 June Carlisle, 3rd Earl of 1701 22 May Bedford, 2nd Duke of 1701 14 June Albemarle, 1st Earl of 1702 … Marquess of 1697 Apr. St. Albans, 1st Duke of 1701 22 May Bedford, 2nd Duke of 1714 25 Oct. Orkney, 1st Earl of See …
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… The Bedford Estate CHAPTER 14: THE BEDFORD ESTATE The land west and north of Somers Town, … by the Hampstead and Crowndale Roads, belonged to the Bedford Estate. It is shown planned for development on …
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… The Bedford Estate CHAPTER I The Bedford Estate Covent Garden derives its name from the … into the possession of John Russell, the first Earl of Bedford, by two separate grants, one from Henry VIII in 1541 …
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… The Bedford Estate outside the Parish of St. Paul CHAPTER XII The Bedford Estate outside the Parish of St. Paul The lands which the Earls of Bedford acquired in the vicinity of Covent Garden in the …
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… The Bedford Estate Covent Garden and the seven acres in Long Acre … water supply through Covent Garden (see page 31). The Bedford Estate By 1516 the Fortescus' interest in Covent … by the King on 28 May 1552 to John Russell, Earl of Bedford, Lord Privy Seal, to hold to him and his lawful male …
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… The Bedford Estate Friars Pyes Friars Pyes There were two pieces … Russell, Great Admiral of England and later first Earl of Bedford, manors and lands which had belonged to the … sold by Lord Russell's son, Francis, the second Earl of Bedford, to Sir William Cecil. The rest of Friars Pyes was …
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… The Bedford Estate From 1627 to 1641 From 1627 to 1641 The … mature understanding of Italian design; and the Earl of Bedford with his business-like aptitude for speculative … insisted on Jones's employment as architect by the Earl of Bedford, or whether the Earl requested his assistance, is not …
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… The Bedford Estate From 1641 to 1700 From 1641 to 1700 About a year before his death, Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford, executed a deed which settled certain parts of his … in the House. Captain Baynes saw no reason why the Earl of Bedford should have preferential treatment and thought that …
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… The Bedford Estate From 1700 to 1802 From 1700 to 1802 During the eighteenth century there were four Dukes of Bedford. In 1694 the fifth Earl had been raised to the … had been governed by the Earls' chief agents from Bedford House in the Strand. In the first decade of the …