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Old and New London
… side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the King's CourtThe Hall built by William RufusThe Poor regaled here … concerned in the Riots on "Evil May-day"Edward Stafford, Duke of BuckinghamAnne Boleyn in her GloryA Touching Episode … halters toward the top of the Hall." Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, "the infatuated victim of an astrologer's …
Old and New London
… "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by Queen … boarding-houses in respect of creature comforts. The Duke of Wellington, with his known love of simplicity, would … the entrance to Dean's Yard, amply testifies; and the late Duke of Wellington always affirmed that the best officers on …
Old and New London
… England and France comparedThe Mulberry GardenJohn Dryden's Fondness for Mulberry TartsArlington HouseThe House … of the First Buckingham HouseJohn Sheffield, Duke of BuckinghamSingular Conduct of his WidowThe House … House, in 1703, its site was purchased by John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham, who built on it a mansion of red brick. …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… 1542. 2 The deanery and all the prebends were in the king's gift. In 1550 the diocese of Westminster was reunited with … fewer than nine of the canons were deprived by the queen's commissary on 30 March 1554 and replaced by others. Two … Westminster I 167. Cf. petition of John Williams to the duke of Buckingham for the deanery in 1620: 'I trouble not …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing … In Gardener's Lane, which leads from King Street to Duke Street, died in March, 1677, Hollar, the master of early … Street, lived Lady Augusta Murray, the first wife of the Duke of Sussex. Duke Street, which ran in a line with Delahay …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and … music, a museum, and a library. JUDGE JEFFREYS' HOUSE IN DUKE STREET. ( From an Original Drawing by Shepherd.) To the … cast in a suit for libel against his former patron, the Duke of Buckingham, and sentenced to pay 10,000, by way of …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less … Park by George IV.The Horse Guards' ParadeFuneral of the Duke of WellingtonRobert Walpole and the CountrymanDover … the Royal Family and to the Hereditary Grand Falconer, the Duke of St. Albans. About one-half of the south side of …
Old and New London
… Fields in the time of Charles I.Westminster FairSt. Edward's FairTothill StreetStrutton GroundSouthern, the Dramatic … name, by a vote of the inhabitants, from Frederick, Duke of York, son of George II., who for some time had a … named York Street, in horror of France and honour of the Duke of York. This sketch was this day taken from the garden …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… and Gilbert de Arches, his son, confirmed his father's gift. There was an agreement between the monks and Gilbert … Bakepuz, by their instrument dated on St. Simon and Jude's day, 1255, at Blith, certified the dean and chapter of … Willoughby, bart: and John Digby, esq; presented in 1704: Duke of Kingstone in 1746, 1771: Lib: Dooms: Pip: 28 H. 2. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Castle-Cary; containing 133 inhabitants, and … last encounter between the king's forces and those of the Duke of Monmouth. The parish is bounded on the south by the …