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Westminster Abbey Charters, 1066 - c.1214
… he may commute his vow of making a pilgrimage to Rome, and instead found a monastery dedicated to St Peter. [1049] … in abridged version . . . tibi indulgentia: WAD, f. 39; and similarly abridged but with an additional variant ending: … II, in response to a petition of King Edward, confirming and extending the privileges of the abbey, the repository of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which belonged to the king from the 9th or 10th century, and was endowed with what was almost certainly part of it. Calne church was standing in 1066, and in 1086 it was held of the king by Nigel, probably Nigel … of Salisbury, who in 1091 gave it to Salisbury cathedral, and by 1116 its estate had been used to endow a prebend in …
The Environs of London
… spring; a part of the parish is called Milkwell, and a mineral water was discovered some years ago near Dulwich. Situation and boundaries. Camberwell lies in the hundred of Brixton, and is situated about three miles from Blackfriars-bridge. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge
… Region The City of Cambridge has grown to its present size and dignity on a site that has many advantages for settlement, of a type well-recognised by geographers, and familiar to historians: at the point nearest to a sea … large hall of which the University made use for important ceremonies until the mid 16th century. The Dominicans seem to …
A Survey of London
… passeth west through Eastcheape to Candlewright streete, and through the same downe to the north ende of Suffolke … there buried in the Quier, vnder a faire tombe with the Images of him and his wife in Alabaster: the said Church hath … in place of the other: in which new Seale, besides the Images of Peter, & Paul, which of old were rudely engrauen, …
Old and New London
… Cannon Street tributaries and East Cheap Chapter XLIX. CANNON STREET TRIBUTARIES AND EAST CHEAP Budge RowCordwainers' HillSt. Swithin's … ChurchFounders' HallThe Oldest Street in LondonTower Royal and the Wat Tyler Mob The Queen's WardrobeSt. Antholin's …
Old and New London
… into the receptive hands of Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, and at his execution an annuity from the manor was bestowed … history of Elizabeth's reign. Sir John was an alderman and clothworker of London, sheriff in 15834, and Lord Mayor in 1594. He appears to have been a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… been one of the monks of the late priory of Christ-church, and had been master or custos of Canterbury college, in Oxford. In 1541 he was elected by the dean and chapter to be proctor for the chapter in convocation; in … is in Prerog. office, Canterbury. By it, massess and other ceremonies for the dead appear not to have been left off …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Canterbury Archbishop's palace and precincts Archbishop's palace and precincts THE VILLE AND PRECINCT of the Archbishop's palace is situated on the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… houses OF THE MANY RELIGIOUS FOUNDATIONS, HOSPITALS, AND ALMS-HOUSES which were within the circuit of this city and its suburbs, most of them were exempt from the liberty of … in the wall over the place where he should be buried, with images and figures of brass of his father, mother, himself, …