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Old and New London
… to attend Anne Boleyn's coronation, he was attainted for treason. The tyrant, now furious, soon hurried him to the … with all his wisdom, More was a bigot. He burnt one Frith for denying the corporeal presence; had James Bainton, a gentleman of the Temple, whipped in his presence for heretical opinons; went to the Tower to see him on the …
Old and New London
… man with memories of the fresh green fields far away, was for long the residence of rooks, who built there. In 1845 two … birds found the fatigue of going miles in search of food for their young unbearable, and so migrated. Leigh Hunt, in … the old hall, destroyed by the Great Fire, the Parliament Commissioners held their meetings during the Commonwealth, …
Old and New London
… slipping, and a grand temporary wooden tower was erected, for the accommodation of the Queen and her ladies. But … sovereign can never be known (says Miss Strickland), for his angelic partner, scarcely recovered from the terror … the procession of the 9th. This was hardly a fair way of stating the case, but at length the following paragraph, …
Old and New London
… from the King's Exchange, says Stow, there kept, which was for the receipt of bullion to be coined. The King's Exchange … by her 'The Royal Exchange,' and hence the reason for the change of the name of this edifice by Elizabeth." "In … the Royal Exchange was alone entitled to give native money for foreign coin or bullion. During the reign of Henry VIII. …
Old and New London
… I.) three men had their right hands stricken off here for rescuing a prisoner arrested by an officer of the City. … Nicolas Bullingham, LL.D., and placed him before the said commissioners; who then exhibited his proxy for the said … to go on in this business of confirmation, they, the commissioners, decreed so to do, as was more fully contained …
Unpublished London Diaries
… preoccupations. Huntington L Other Collns; Centre for Kentish Studies Uncat'd U2981 8. 1661 LILLIE, Axel, … Diary. 166677, including London visits to family and for shopping. Much examination of conscience, but also detail … schoolmaster. Diary, 16758, including unsuccessful search for work in London and visits there from Colchester where he …
Unpublished London Diaries
… to 'dear Sir Richard', her husband. Possibly written for general family consumption. WCA Acc 1621 302. 1840 NEVILL … of Shoreditch area. Diary and notebook, 184455, in a diary for 1839. Hackney AD M4233/1 311. 1843 SCOTT, Jessy Emma, of … she made frequent visits to London in her younger years, for shopping, finding servants, visiting friends and family, …
Unpublished London Diaries
… on her comfortable social circle in London. Interesting for rumours and scare-stories as well as food shortages, … 1916. Mainly his Gallipoli service, but invalided home for treatment at Southwark Military Hospital JanMay 1916. IWM … Norfolk Regiment). Diary, 1915, including treatment for wounds at Lady Evelyn Mason's Officers' Hospital in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Sir W. B. Proctor, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 220, and the glebe comprises 6 acres. The church is … and well lighted with gas, under the superintendence of 40 commissioners, including the rector and the churchwardens, … 1824, at an expense of 40,000, of which the Parliamentary Commissioners granted 8785, is a magnificent structure in the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and the abbot of Glastonbury had agreed to divide receipts for grazing on what was called Weston Marsh or Sowy Land, an … 14th century tenants of Dunwear and others were presented for grazing sheep and geese illegally on the commons. 17 The … rents remained constant between 1330 and 1378, although arrears in 1362-3 exceeded 40 per cent of the rental. 20 At …