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A Dictionary of London
… Street. Cavendish Court North out of Houndsditch into Devonshire Street, at No. 90 (P.O. Directory). In Bishopsgate … to be shown in O. and M. 1677, as a passage leading up to Devonshire House. Strype calls it "Candish Court" (q.v.). Named after the Earls of Devonshire, who occupied Devonshire House for some years, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The noble family of Cavendish, of which the Duke of Devonshire is the representative, derives its name from this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with mineral wealth. In the neighbourhood are several rich tin and copper mines, from the workings of the latter of …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… (2) Gives details of the proceedings of Perkin Warbeck in Devonshire, and of his submission. Particulars of Warbeck's …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… a bill of the news of the suppression of the rebellion in Devonshire, Cornwall, and Norfolk, which the King and Council …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… grounds," but only in the moors, forests and wastes. The tin in the former should be worked by the owners and … has been the opinion of the tinners and miners that the tin which is found in several ground came from the moor and … the head and substance thereof called the great 'Rewes' of tin growing and at this day continuing in the moor and …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… books in French concerning the answer which the Commons of Devonshire made to the King of England in the time of the …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… to be : a prohibition of all wrought commodities in iron, tin, and wool, cloth and kersey only excepted, whereof they …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… l. 16 s. 9 d. The following are amongst the entries: Devonshire. l. s. d. Deanery of Exeter by the year 158 0 0 …