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Old and New London
… that old Elizabethan warrior and explorer, Sir Martin Frobisher, who was brought here in February, 15945, after … noble courage against the Spanish Armada, fully entitle Frobisher to rank as one of the earliest of our naval heroes. … Giles's, when they discovered an old wainscot of Henry IV. or Henry V., its perforated arches beautifully carved, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… the 15th century, but the rest of the church was wholly or partly burnt down in 1545 and re-built immediately … and as the burial-place of John Milton, John Foxe, Martin Frobisher and others. Architectural DescriptionThe exterior … of the same date as the bell-chamber. The bell-chamber or fourth stage has a modern window in each face and has a …
Old and New London
… story, they would not have been likely to use the British or the Saxon tongue in communicating it to them. We may, … to increase both in size and population. The Royal Dock, or "King's Yard," as it was locally called in former times, … one of Captain Edward Fenton, who accompanied Sir Martin Frobisher in his second and third voyages, and had himself …
The Environs of London
… small extent; the land not built upon, does not exceed two or three acres. Land-tax. The parishes pay jointly the sum of … The manor of Deptford, West Greenwich, le Strand, or Sayes-court. The manor of Deptford, alias West Greenwich, … whose burial is here recorded, accompanied Sir Martin Frobisher on his second and third voyages. He had afterwards …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… April 22. 34. Michael Lok to the Queen. On 13 October last Frobisher gave him a stone aboard his ship, in presence of … for our own account, and exhorted Lok to secrecy. Informed Frobisher at my table at dinner that three or four had found nothing in the stone, but that one man had …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… ten days, and the other moiety within a month after, or be excluded from the Company and lose the benefit of what … 57 l 10 s. from Anthony Jenckynson, and 270 l. from Martin Frobisher. Also the names of [seven] Adventurers in the … account for goods returned in the ships and sold by him. Frobisher's account not yet audited. [ One page and a half. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… their trade to the East Indies; either to leave it, or join stock with us, or undertake a vigorous war, which was the thing they now … [ Greenland] , reciting the voyages of Willoughby in 1553, Frobisher in 157678, Pet and Jackman in 1580, Davis in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… to the Queen. Nothing for a long time having been said or done concerning the discovery of a passage by the … undiscovered passage, except such as are made free by him or his heirs; himself, his two brothers, and all lineally … custom free, for ever, and to traffic their own stock, or to the sum of 500 l. of any other man's without paying …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… for the first voyage to Cathay, &c., sent with Martin Frobisher, in June 1567 [ mistake for 1576]; total, 1,418 l. … copy is in the British Museum, Lansdowne, XXIV., fol. 162. Frobisher started on his first voyage 7th June 1576, and … 20 years having passed since their first enterprise, or else to grant their licence to others who are desirous to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, East Indies, China and Japan
… pension; he will repair to Court, then to Bristol to see Frobisher about erecting the workhouse and furnaces. The … Dec.? 65. Four proofs of ore brought from the Northwest by Frobisher. The great proof of the black ore alone remains, … l. per annum for life, 20 s. a day for diet when either he or his deputy is at work, a letter reward when the mines …