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Old and New London
… authority, annexed both firstfruits and tenths to the Crown; but Queen Anne first formed them into a fund for the …
Old and New London
… nation, is interwoven with the other decorations of the crown with peculiar taste and propriety." At the south-east … went throughout the ranks, telling them, 'My lads, my crown cannot purchase you straw to-night; but depend on it, I … a few short months, that brightest gem in the English crown was carried to the tomb. George III. and Queen …
Old and New London
… came on a visit to the English court to do homage for his crown. Wherever the king and the court fixed their abode, the … the north-west, as far as Castle Street, West Street, and Crown Street, Soho, which brings us to the eastern end of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… of London. Thomas Thirlby surrendered the diocese to the Crown on 30 March and was translated to Norwich, while … was made in 1560. An act of parliament annexed to the Crown all the monasteries which had been restored by Mary. … Westminster were obliged to surrender their house to the Crown in July 1559 and by charter of 21 May 1560 Elizabeth I …
Old and New London
… by us in a previous volume, 1 endeavoured to steal the Crown and Regalia from the Tower. While Edwards, the keeper, who so bravely saved the crown, was literally left to starve, Blood is stated to have … "An Elegy on Colonel Blood, notorious for stealing the crown," in which occur the two following lines: "Thanks, ye …
Old and New London
… 1770, soon after the purchase of Buckingham House by the Crown. "ROSAMOND'S POND" IN 1758. It is to its character as … this park, All with a border of rich fruit-trees crown'd, Whose lofty branches hide the lofty mound. Such … native seats, To deck anew the flow'ry sylvan places, And crown the forest with immortal graces. Though barb'rous …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Weston, and obtained a charter of free-warren from the Crown. 4 In 1280 it formed part of the extensive estates of … Weston. Rectors. Date. Patrons. John de la Mere 1280 The Crown. Thomas de Wimundham 1281 Id. John de Merton 1304 Id. … 1437 Id. John Potter 1437 Id. Thomas Atte Ash 1455 The Crown. Robert Blakwell 1469 Id. William Moryshead 1482 Id. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to maintain a light in Westonbirt church was sold by the Crown in 1553. From 1548 the rent of 20 d. had been applied …