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Survey of London
… (later known as the Clink Garden) and it must have been at best uncomfortably damp. Its approximate position just south …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 13th century, and the roof and dormers of that period may best be observed from here, since the angle shafts, the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… came from Toulouse, the bulk of the wine from Gascony, the best iron from Spain and the fine textile stuffs, madder and … as the fact was, that the cloth and wool trades were the best organized and the most important in the city in the 12th …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the right of sanctuary in the manor, but they did their best as far as was within their power to narrow down the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… on it. The feretory is now used as a storehouse for the best of the fragments of mediaeval sculpture, &c., which have … to the east of this site. South of the dorter is the best preserved part of the rangenamely, the prior's house, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… John Hunt, dated 28 Sept. 1676, stating that to the best of his belief the former register book had been burnt by …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… were several people accused of witchcraft and sorcery, the best known of them being Margery Jourdemain, the witch of … set up in the reign of Henry VIII, to be sold 'to the best advantage of the State,' together with other brass … stories told in the Greville Memoirs. One of the best authenticated of these describes a speech made by the …
Survey of London Monograph
… Benet's, Paul's Wharf, 23 December. Fuller calls him the best Illuminer of the age, an excellent herald and a right … B. Lichfield 1617, s. of Simon Ashmole, saddler; probably best known as founder of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the soil is good, the Wingham hops being considered the best grown in the county. A horticultural society, of which … The coal throughout the parish is thought to be of the best kind for making coke, and its freeness from sulphur …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… capabilities in design and craftsmanship at their best. Some of the interior decoration is of very high …