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Old and New London
… voices, full and sweet, In this wide hall, with Earth's inventions stored, And praise th' invisible universal Lord, … TO BROMPTON CEMETERY. In St. Michael's Grove lived Douglas Jerrold; and it was in his house that Charles Dickens … was the celebrated Darnley jewel, made for Lady Margaret Douglas, mother of Darnley, about 1576. The sapphire, which …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… MANORS. In 1086 Twyford was held by two canons of St. Paul's: Durand held 2 hides of the king, and Gueri held 2 hides … Isabella Maria (d. 1862) and her husband John Kearsley Douglas, later DouglasWillan (d. 1833). In 1890 their son William Moffat Douglas-Willan sold the house, with 19 a. and the advowson, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in West London Westminster 16. WESTMINSTER. (O.S. 6 in. London, Sheet K.) The city of Westminster comprises … Kings of France" and wife of Major-general Sir William Douglas, 1709, tablet with carved scroll-work, cherub-heads … wall, (2) said to be of Nicola (Moray), wife of Sir Robert Douglas, 1612, similar figure with modern corbel and …
Old and New London
… dead!" Ingoldsby Legends. Tomb of King SebertSt. Benedict's ChapelSt. Edmund's ChapelSt. Nicholas's ChapelHenry VII.'s ChapelThe Royal … of Denmark. The first monument is that to Lady Margaret Douglas, daughter of Margaret, Queen of Scots, by the Earl of …
Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … House purchased by George III., and called the "Queen's House"Northouck's Description of Buckingham House in the … amateur theatrical performances on behalf of the family of Douglas Jerrold, in 1857; but, being a public effort on …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… inhabitants, of whom 1333 are in the town, 16 miles (S. by E.) from Canisbay, 20 (S. E. by E.) from Thurso, and 276 (N.) from Edinburgh. This … Ayr, and in the alternate patronage of the Crown and Lord Douglas: the minister's stipend is 204. 9., with a manse, and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Dive outside Whittlewood. 69 In 1639, as part of Charles I's attempts to enlarge the forest far beyond the traditional … the village with a piped water supply, but otherwise the Douglas-Pennants did not do much towards modernising, … following year. 4 The next tenant was Col. Edward Gordon Douglas-Pennant (1800-86), a younger brother of the 17th earl …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Chewton, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) from Pensford; containing 145 inhabitants. It … bank, and within eight miles of the source, of the river Douglas, which runs round three sides of it; and is described … a patent for paving it, and building a bridge over the Douglas, having been granted so early as the 7th of Edward …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to be a confirmation by King Athelstan c. 939 to St. Paul's monastery in London of estates including ten mansae at … generally thought to be spurious. 39 Nevertheless St. Paul's certainly had estates there before the Conquest. A list … Otway (d. 1764), and her daughters Caroline (wife of John Douglas John St. Leger) and Sophia (wife of William Wynyard). …
Statutes of the Realm
… Henry Cornwall Herbert Westfailing Thomas Price Esq[uire]s Robert Simonds Thomas Paynard Abraham Seward Thomas … Kent Samuell Pett George Coreing Nicholas Waite Robert Douglas Esquires The Mayor and Magistrates of Guilford for … Appropriated for the Use of the Navy. omitted in King's Printer's Copy. Soveraignes O. interlined on the Roll. …