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A Dictionary of London
… named in the maps. Gars-Cherche See Gracechurch. Garter Court See Carter Court. Garter House See College of Arms. Garthere Houses near … corner of America Square, behind No. 8, facing Hanover Court, in Portsoken Ward (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). Not …
Survey of London Monograph
… a member of the committee which in 1640 declared the court martial illegal, became 1645 a commissioner for … 1732 played leading part in the abortive revival of the Court of Chivalry; 1733 successfully opposed grant to Bath … the history and rights of the heralds (14 volumes); the Court of Chivalry, the Order of the Garter, ceremonies and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… Gas Lane Gas Lane (Fig. 143) (170) Houses in Cecil Court, row of three dwellings now of one storey and attics …
A Survey of London
… &c. Aeldgate. Aldgate.; Lib. Trinitate.; Soke or court. The next gate in the East is called Aeldgate, of the … tenth of king Henrie the sixt, Iohn Wels being Maior, a court of common Councell established ordinances, (as William … when he was there made Monke: that is to say, his Lords Court with the houses, & one Wharfe, which is at the head of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a polling-place. The powers of the county debt-court of Gateshead, established in the year 1847, extend over … Trunk and Peak-Forest canals, passes through the parish. A court leet and a court baron are held at Martinmas. The living, originally a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… place is governed by a portreeve, chosen annually at the court leet for the manor: it returned two representatives to …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… delivered up by the queen of the Brigantes, to whose court he had fled for refuge. According to a manuscript … generous, and humane prince. Morgan at first held his court at Caerleon, the ancient capital of his little … rebellion against Rhŷs, fled for refuge to the court of Iestyn, who entered into a negotiation with him, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… or Lord, of the town (whom the Normans afterwards called a Baron) had, of old, jurisdiction over them of his own town … assistance and advice judged it. Out of which usage the court barons took their beginning, and the lords of towns and … are at this time called sectatores, or suitors of the court, but the Saxons themselves called this jurisdiction …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the chief justices, the master of the rolls, the chief baron, and all other the judges and barons of the degree of … this county. Extinct. 193 Giff. Thornhurst, esq. of Agnes-court Extinct. November 12. CREATED BY KING CHARLES I. 209 … Extinct. January 22. 373 Sir Wm. Cowper, knt. of Ratling-court Now Earl Cowper. March 4. 380 John Williams, esq. of …