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A History of the County of Middlesex
… THE RIVER THAMES The Thames, central to Chelsea's development, was probably its earliest means of … referring to the public draw dock at the east end of Cheyne Walk. The charges at that time were 1d. for every … but by 1841 Earl Cadogan had erected Cadogan pier in Cheyne Walk, designed by N. Handford, catering for a large …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 17 th centuries, and then for a wider section of London's residents in the 18 th. 1 It became known from the later 19 … sides, with the Westbourne river on the east, and Counter's Creek (its lower stretch known as Chelsea Creek) on the … by this time the form 'Chelsey' was becoming common. Cheyne Walk c. 1840, from the Old Church looking east to …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… the late monastery, commonly called Great St. Bartholomew's Close, from time whereof the memory of man is not to the … "le cannell" as it leads up to a certain place called "le Cheyne", belonging to the said late monastery' (plan, p. 131). All we know of this place called 'le Cheyne' is from Agas's map, where it is shown as an oblong …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and was valued together with the rectory at 34 6 s. 8 d. a year. 6 It was granted, however, by the prior to … recovered possession of the manor, which she sold to Lord Cheyne, 9 and at his request granted it to John Dudley and … of Rochester, and therefore is found amongst the bishop's tenants. His land apparently is mentioned in 121012, but …
Survey of London
… Ellesmere, 1 who selected the site, as part of the King's manor of Chelsea and late part of the possessions of John … II the other half had become the property of Charles Lord Cheyne, then Lord of the Manor, with the exception of one or … of the Westbourne, where lay St. Martin's Meadows. Lord Cheyne also possessed the land to the south-west of the …
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the fifteenth century
… hyt a-ray, That no vesselle schulde rove a-way. As nye the cheyne a brygge he made To serve for man and hors i-lade. … horse and rattys. For an hors quarter, lenc or fatte, At C s. hyt was atte. A horsse hedde for halfe a pound; A dogge … as I wene. B. Pont de l'Arche. Thomas Beaufort, the King's uncle, a son of John of Gaunt by Catherine Swynford. …
Survey of London
… to no other house in importance, not to King Henry VIII's manor house in Cheyne Walk, nor to the Earl of Shrewsbury's mansion, nor to the old manor house with which it shared …
Survey of London
… The Brydges Street Playhouse of 1663 Unlike the Duke's Theatre in Dorset Garden, which can be visualized from … corresponding passage from Drury Lane on the east. Hollar's map of London's western suburbs (Plate 1a) gives a clear … tiler 109 Bottomley, John Composition ornaments 91 6 6 Cheyne, John Labourer in trust 90 Curl, Thomas Carpenter 82 …
Old and New London
… The Tower (part 1 of 2) CHAPTER VI. THE TOWER. Csar's TowerBishop GundulfusHenry III.'s BuildingsThe White … the camp a dangerous and fanatical woman, named Margaret Cheyne, his paramour, and a bastard daughter of the Duke of … Sir John Bulmer, all perished at Tyburn, and Margaret Cheyne was burnt in Smithfield. The next prisoners of …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Mr. Clayton, Sir Wm. Yonge. Mr. Lowther, out of the King's money in his hands, is to pay the fees of the 1,000 l. … March 27, relating to arrears due to His Majesty on the 2 s. 6 d. levy in Barbados for 1729 and 1730, and proposing … brandy to a large fleet of colliers near Burnham Flats, Cheyne, the commander of one of the shallops fired on him, …