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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Southern division of the county of Warwick, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Kington; containing 23 inhabitants. … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 7. 12. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … mansion, at one time the residence of Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, was taken down about the middle of the last …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Richard 3 virgates, and Godfrey 1 virgate. 4 With William's other lands it later formed part of the honor of Halnaker … whose son Sir William Peare Williams it was bought by the Duke of Richmond. 40 Tawke. Argent a tau cross gules and in … it was presumably sold with the manor by his son to the Duke of Richmond, with whose successors it has remained. …
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 … house was designed by Sir Christopher Wren for the first Duke of Marlborough, the foundation stone being laid by the … Blenheim; the main picture, on the S. wall, represents the Duke of Marlborough surrounded by his staff and about to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… four water-bougets sable. Brittany ermine. See also Dreux, Duke of Brittany, below. Burgh or a cross gules. Burghersh … Clare or three cheverons gules. Clarence, Lionel, Duke of Old France and England quarterly with a label argent … below. Daubeney gules a fesse indented argent. Dreux, Duke of Brittany and Earl of Richmond checky or and azure a …
Old and New London
… dead!" Ingoldsby Legends. Tomb of King SebertSt. Benedict's ChapelSt. Edmund's ChapelSt. Nicholas's ChapelHenry VII.'s … Prince and Princess of Wales, two Dukes of Cumberland, the Duke of York, Prince Frederick William, and the Princesses … the north side, contains the monument of George Villiers, Duke of Buckinghamthe "Steenie" and favourite of James I. and …
Old and New London
… Pyx"Robbing of the TreasuryLittlington TowerSt. Catharine's ChapelThe Little CloisterThe King's Jewel HouseThe Great CloisterBurial-place of the … and that their last act here was the attainder of the Duke of Norfolk. In 1547 the Commons moved to the Chapel of …
Old and New London
… pageantry. At the opening of the ceremony one of William's prelates, Geoffrey, the Bishop of Coutances, asked the … to them all. A few, thinking to succour their betrayed duke, and the nobles they served, ran to the church, where, … cormorants"but even the entire household of "Steenie," Duke of Buckingham, were put into mourning on this occasion; …
Old and New London
… ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The … been betrothed to the Earl of Ogle, only son of the second Duke of Newcastle, but was left a widow before the marriage … blood-stained handsnot long afterwards married the great Duke of Somerset. WEST FRONT OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY, FROM …
Old and New London
… Sanctuary describedThe "Quaker" TavernThe AlmonrySt. Anne's ChapelThe Gate House Prison, and its Distinguished … Thomas Barret, a gallant soldier who had served under the Duke of Bedford in the French wars, for he was "barbarously … taken hence to death." In 1456 the Protector (the Duke of York), the Earl of Warwick, and others, "were noted …
Survey of London
… of County Hall (see p. 62). The ground between Pedlar's Acre (Belvedere Road) and the New Inn was in 1798 let on … lease to Eleanor Coade, 155 and houses, known as Coade's Row, were built there, that at the corner of Belvedere … in Lambeth Marsh purchased by Henry VIII from Charles, Duke of Suffolk. 19 In the 18th century this ground was known …