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Old and New London
… XXVII. ALDERSGATE STREET AND ST. MARTIN'S-LE-GRAND. Origin of the NameHistory of the Old GateIts DemolitionThe General Post OfficeOrigin of … why the boys springing over one another's heads, and flying the garter into the Post Office, with the enthusiasm …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Alien house The priory of Lancaster ALIEN HOUSE 23. THE PRIORY OF LANCASTER The priory of Lancaster was founded by Roger of Poitou, in the reign of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Ware priory ALIEN HOUSE 20. WARE PRIORY The foundation of the Benedictine priory at Ware was due to Hugh de Grentemaisnil's gift of the church, tithe and 2 carucates of land here 1 to the … sixth day to the number of forty he should fast on bread, fish and ale, feed ten poor, and on that day and the …
A History of the County of London
… Alien Houses Hospital of St Anthony ALIEN HOUSES 43. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. ANTHONY The brothers of St. Anthony of Vienne … house since 1392 55; a tenement in Winchester, another in Portsmouth, tenements in London, among them being three …
A History of the County of London
… Alien Houses Hospital of St Mary Rouncivall 44. THE HOSPITAL OF ST. MARY ROUNCIVALL This hospital was founded near Charing … by an angel and surrounded by radiance. At each side three flying angels issue from clouds, and overhead in clouds is …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… Alien houses Priory of Blakenham ALIEN HOUSES 71. THE PRIORY OF BLAKENHAM Walter Gifford, earl of Buckingham, gave the … that he already found two men to serve the fleet at Portsmouth, and if this further charge was laid on him, he …
A History of the County of Suffolk
… Alien houses Priory of Stoke by Clare 74. THE PRIORY OF STOKE BY CLARE Earl Alfric, son of Withgar, who lived in the reigns of Canute, Hardecanute, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Alien houses Priory of Swavesey 38. THE PRIORY OF SWAVESEY Before the Conquest the vill of Swavesey belonged to Edith the Fair, and, like so much of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Alien houses Priory of Wilmington 65. THE PRIORY OF WILMINGTON 1 Robert, count of Mortain, proved himself a munificent benefactor to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Alien houses Priory of Wootton Wawen 43. THE PRIORY OF WOOTTON WAWEN Not long after the Conquest, Robert de Tony … no value to the rectory house (priory), garden, and fish-pond at Wootton, but returned a dove-cote as of the …