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Old and New London
… CenturyA Stag Hunt in ChelseaHistory of the ManorThe Old Manor House and its Eminent ResidentsLord Cremorne's Farm at … for which it has from time to time been famous:Its manor house, its college, its botanic garden, its hospital, … now extensive parish till the time of Henry VII., when the manor was held by Sir Reginald Bray, from whom it descended …
Survey of London
… the effigy of John Shoreditch, sometime lord of the manor of Chelsea, who died c. 1407. Another matrix is to be …
Survey of London
… called St. Luke's. The Abbey of Westminster claimed the manor by virtue of a charter from Edward the Confessor, until … The north chapel was a separate freehold attached to the Manor House and goes by the name of the Lawrence Chapel, from Thomas Lawrence, who occupied the old Manor House in Lawrence Street. It passed from him through …
Survey of London
… Ursula, daughter of William Lord Sandes, the lord of the manor, and widow of James Barnard, whose sister Winifred … of their death." Bray. Sir Reginald Bray, who acquired the manor of Chelsea in 1485, was a distinguished man of affairs … of the members of the family, and the succession of the manor may be set forth thus: [Succession of the manor] 17. …
Survey of London
… a headstone: partly illegible: IN MEMORY OF Mrs ELIZABETH GROVE who died august the 1 st 1791 aged 29 years . . . ELIZA …
Survey of London
… Duke of Northumberland, received the grant of Henry VIII's Manor House in 1553, 3 but he was executed the same year in … son Guildford on the throne. The Duchess lived on at the manor house until her death in 15556. Of her children, Harry …
Survey of London
… 1698 tatis 78. Lord and Lady Cheyne lived in Henry VIII's manor house (see Survey of London, Vol. II, Chelsea, Part I, … Charles Cheyne and came to Chelsea. She purchased the manor, and was a great benefactor to the village, bearing …
The Environs of London
… thus particularized: Acres R. P. Gardens, &c. about the manor-house 9 0 16 Site of houses, gardens, &c. 53 2 7 Park … belongs to All Souls College at Oxford, being within their manor of Malurees. The whole is under grass, and the soil … reforming the religion, they held a synod at Cealchythe 8. Manor. Sir Reginald Bray Dart says, that in the reign of …
The Environs of London
… Sir John Stanhope was at this time lessee of the manor; his daughter Elizabeth, who married Sir Lionel … 5, 1610. The Earl of Nottingham resided many years in the manor-house, the lease of which was granted successively to … This was about a year before Mr. Cheyne purchased the manor-house, of which it is probable he was at this time a …
The Environs of London
… its first establishment, when he became possessed of the manor, (viz.A.D. 1721,) granted the freehold of the premises … built by James Duke of Hamilton, and adjoining to the manor-house; the purchase-money was 42501. 256 The Bishops of … Anne always honoured him with particular attention 292. Manor of Knights-bridge. The manor of Knightsbridge still …