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Survey of London
… of the area. The Clink It is one of the paradoxes of the English language that the name of a small and obscure prison …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… hospital ship S. Julie, which had been captured by an English cruiser, were brought to the King's House, where they … necessary, and the French priest had to give way to the English soldier. The buildings were henceforward used as a …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… sale in the booths on the hill. The most important of the English traders were the men of London. So many of these were … indeed it was the Winchester wool and looms that brought English wool into so much reputation. 71 In the Pipe Rolls of … was not to last long, the ordinance of 1363 removing the English staples to the newlyacquired town of Calais directed …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 'Mayden' probably is a corruption of the provincial English midden, a dunghill (A.-S. midding, Danish mdding). …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… misnamed ante-chapel, is a monument in the early English style, erected in 1858 to thirteen Wykehamists who … peeps a shield. An inscription in Latin elegiacs with an English translation in heroic couplets, probably of the year …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… The inversion of 'r' and its vowel is not unusual in old English; cf. A.-S. 'iernan' and modern 'run.' Eccl. Com. Var. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is very low and inconspicuous in comparison with other English central towers. Its rebuilders were doubtless …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… royal and other badges, including those of all the then English knights of the Garter who contributed to the cost, … altar recess projecting northwards, in defiance of all English tradition. Another recess to the west holds the … work. That of the nave rests on a frieze with Te Deum in English, and has an octagonal lantern in the middle. The oak …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… as the king's heir, 16 and the same oath was taken by the English prelates and nobles. 17 Henry visited Windsor for the … a prisoner in the castle for eleven years, becoming English in sentiment and falling entirely under the king's … in July 1603 was marked by some 'squaring between our English and Scottish lords, for lodging and other petty …