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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… rear-arch; between the windows is a 14th-century doorway or hatch with chamfered and rebated jambs and two-centred … but said to have opened formerly into a small chamber or cupboard; a rectangular external projection, covered by a … Piscin: In chancelwith cinque-foiled head, all modern or re-cut. In navein S. wall, with cinque-foiled ogee head …
A History of the County of Essex
… south of the churchyard. It was rebuilt in 1859 on or near the same site by L. Capel Cure. 58 The new building … doorways are single-light windows which are either modern or very thoroughly restored. A 14th-century piscina in the … has blocked the spandrels. Between them is a small chamber or cupboard, projecting externally and having a pent roof. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… contains upwards of 300 volumes. Abercrombie ABERCROMBIE, or St. Monan's, a parish, in the district of St. Andrew's, … is in ancient documents invariably called Abercrombie, or Abercrumbin; but, towards the close of the year 1647, on … now occupied by Gordon's Hospital, a convent for Dominican or Black friars. This monarch, by a charter to the burgesses, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… standing on corbels carved with grotesque figures or heads of men and beasts, the bust of a man with toothache, … site was bought by Sir Giles Strangways in 1543, who built or adapted a house out of part of the monastic buildings. … aisle) with moulded and shafted responds and internal wall or window-recesses; it appears to date from the 15th century …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… been derived from a Gaelic term Aber, signifying "mouth" or "opening," in reference to the rivulet Dour, which finds … acres, of which 5873 are cultivated, 5608 are moor or green pasture, 3496 moss, 88 wood, and 101 roads, &c.; its … estate of Auchmedden, on the western side, rises about 200 or 300 feet above the level of the sea; on that property are …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… bowl and cover; to his daughter Idonea, her best beaker or her best chalice, two best mazers and a pair of gold … carpenter.To be buried in the cemetery of the church or priory. A. D. 1431. (277 d, Moore.) John Morys, citizen.To … life that passeth awaye as a shadowe and fadethe as the flower or grasse of the feilde. And thinkinge it my dutie …
St Martin-in-the-Fields
… payd to the warden of the quenes workes for olde bords to flower fyve newe pewes ij s vj d, to george stalker for halfe … piece of timber ( cf. Halliwell). To raise the causeway or path. The Steelyard was the London Headquarters of the … item. Grindal. The sum of the page should be for receipts or expenses this is for both, and contains the total of the …
St Martin-in-the-Fields
… the xxiiij th of May fo r stuf & mendinge of y e belfry flower, and fo r a forme fo r apewe And nayles As appeareth … vj s vj d It'm paid fo r ij longe rafters to make y e iiij or newe pewes ij s iiij d It'm paid fo r xxxij ti single … clappers for tolling ( N. and Q., 9th S., vi, 276, 394), or perhaps simply re-weighting the clappers. 9 cwt. 1 qr. 6 …
St Martin-in-the-Fields
… whom Goodlake employed, e.g. as farm hands, stablemen or 'workpeople,' if he was a farmer, an innkeeper, or a tradesman. qy. for the purchase of a hearse cloth. vide … i.e. rabbits. A rabbit lunch washed down with sack. morrow or matin mass. Possibly the gable over the sanctus bell. …