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Old and New London
… on one of the first days of the following year. His body was removed to St. James's Palace, where it lay in … was none of the brightest, ran Sir Henry through the body before he had time to draw his sword; but the baronet …
Old and New London
… told by Mr. Raikes, may be taken as a specimen of the body at large:"One Sunday morning the Dowager Duchess of … out of St. James's Palace. From thence they went in a body to Somerset House, where for some time they performed … and cut his throat. A coroner's inquest being held on the body, a verdict of "felo-de-se" was returned. The affair, …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… alterations were probably made, both in the steeple and body of the church, by the pious and munificent Robert … to the long-neglected art of enamelling in glass. The body of this church, the chancel, and the north and south … Hc 22 Maii 1658, tatis suae 95.""Here lies interred the body of Peter Astell, gentleman: he departed this life 19th …
Survey of London
… VI). 62 Restoring the north and south aisles to the body of the building, he rebuilt the west front and the roof, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1621. In 1663, eighteen years after his execution, Laud's body was interred in the chapel between those of Archbishop … of considerable value that the ingenuous men of your body may be the sooner induced to quit your society'. 33 In …
Survey of London
… the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, and was a rival body to the fledgling modern English Order of St John that … and meetings of the Chapter-General, the Order's governing body. Completed in 1903, this was built on a site acquired in …
Old and New London
… mural tablet recording the fact of Sir Walter Raleigh's body having been buried here on the day of his execution in … in the register of St. Margaret's Church, therefore his body was buried in that church, or even in the churchyard; … it to the Society of Past Overseers, and in 1720 this body of worthies ornamented the lid with a silver rim, in …
Old and New London
… lain in state at Bridewell Hospital for two days, the body of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey. "The pall was supported by … in full canonicals, who walked in couples before the body, and a great multitude followed after." The clergyman … his neck broke, and his own sword run through his body; that he was kept four days before they ventured to …
Old and New London
… with an elegant vase. The columns are continued along the body of the church, with pilasters of the same order at the … by Corinthian columns, which are also continued round the body of the church, over those of the Ionic order beneath, …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… His writings, once thought inestimable by every body but the Calvinists, had been greatly neglected, and … the funeral cortege left the vicarage, it was joined by a body of above 200 gentlemen, who had voluntarily assembled to … the following inscription: "Under this monument lies the body of Rob. Thomlinson, D. D. prebendary of St. Paul's, …
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