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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… thus differs from the previous volumes of the Commission's Inventories. The pre-eminent position of the Abbey as an … excuse, if indeed such be required, for the large increase in the number of illustrations in proportion to the text. … be regretted that owing to the financial exigencies of the time, our staff has not yet been restored to its pre-war …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… follow the example of my predecessor, Lord Burghclere, in the general arrangement of the prefatory notes to this … taken expressly for the Commission, and reproduced by H.M.'s Stationery Office. They have been chosen rather for their … Burghclere, Professor Haverfield and of Sir William St. John Hope (Assistant Commissioner); mention is also made of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF ENGLAND. REPORT. TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 1. May it please Your Majesty. … culture, civilization and conditions of life of the people in England, excluding Monmouthshire, from the earliest times … woodwork in the chancel. ConditionFairly good. (15) St. John's Gate; the 15th-century gatehouse of a Benedictine …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… MONUMENTS AND CONSTRUCTIONS OF ENGLAND. REPORT TO THE KING'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. 1. May it please Your Majesty. … civilization, and conditions of life of the people in England, excluding Monmouthshire, from the earliest times … and the death of our colleague, Professor Francis John Haverfield, Doctor of Laws, Camden Professor of Ancient …
Survey of London
… and not be afraid of trouble.' (Henry Cole, 1866) 'There's nothing like trying'. (Francis Fowke, 1860) Despite the … of the 1851 Exhibition Commissioners' estate reviewed in the previous chapter the buildings raised on it expressed … indeed, which was aroused even among some radicals, from John Ruskin to John Bright, lay in Cole's tendency to employ …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… co. Stafford, gent v George Middlemore of Hazelwell, King's Norton, co. Worcester, esq June - July 1637 Abstract … and assaulted him with a drawn sword. Process was granted in June 1637; but nothing further survives. Initial … Sealed, subscribed and delivered in the presence of John Watson. Notes There was a Hazelwell in the parish of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… complained that Franke had said that he was a better man in the presence of Chaldecott's tenants and servants, calling him 'Runnaway Jacke, Rogue … Chamber within the Pallace of Westminster'. Signed by John Butler of Lyons Inn, co. Middlesex, gent on behalf of …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… Lovell which Henry Chaloner leased from Edward Heylin in 1637 (Photograph: Richard Cust) The notary's mark of … apparently begun over six years earlier at the house of John Butler in Witney when a game which involved pulling off … and Chaloner had agreed to meet in the parlour of the King's Head Inn, in Oxford, where they both were to deliver …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… on 28 January 1637. Drayton was required to appear in February and April following, but no further proceedings … against Drayton Notes An Edward Chamberlain was mentioned in the 1619 Visitation as the son and heir of John Chamberlain of Astley, co. Warwick. There was also an …
The Court of Chivalry 1634-1640
… base fellowe, a base cowardly rascall, and no gentleman' in the presence of witnesses. Chambers maintained he could … for many years served his lordship [Thomas Lord Windsor] in the place and quality of a gentleman (which title your … cowardly rascall, and no gentleman, using also at the same time words of more fowle disgrace to your petitioner, which …