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Old and New London
… and Home for NursesThe National SocietyAnecdote about Sir John Hawkins's "History of Music"Her Majesty's Stationery … was the friend and boon-companion of Ben Jonson and Sir John Suckling, and the author of that charming song which … The house occupied by Mrs. Cromwell, according to Mr. John Timbs, stood a little to the north of Blue Boar's Head …
Old and New London
… Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and … Street. In Great Smith Street is St. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public Library, and also the Public Baths and … 1849, to meet the wants of the overcrowded parish of St. John the Evangelist. The church is situated in a very close …
Old and New London
… "Sweaters," is narrated in No. 332 of the Spectator. Mr. John Timbs, in his "Curiosities of London," tells us that the … palace, sheltered persons from arrest; for, in 1632, one John Perkins, a constable, was imprisoned for serving the Lord Chief Justice's warrant upon John Beard in St. James's Park. To draw a sword in the park …
Old and New London
… III., formed part of a manor in Westminster, belonging to "John Mansell, the King's counsellor and priest, who did … 19 in York Street occupies the site of the residence of John Milton, which was one of the garden-houses for which the … from the stairway of the house formerly inhabited by John Milton, the poet, accompanied by a water-colour sketch …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… stem; 15th-century. Monument: on the chancel wall, to John Fairclough, 1630. Piscina: in S. aisle, with plain …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… of Weston, and five marks, and 12d. rent in Cusseworth, on John de Hercy, and Joane his wife, and the heirs of their … place, which descended, as in Grove may be seen, to sir John Hercy, the last male of that noble race, who limited it … Laxton, whose unthristy son Gilbert Roos, sold it to sir John Whyte. I take it to be sir Brian Broughtons at this …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… was erected in the latter part of the sixteenth century by John Rede, Esq., who possessed a good estate in the village, … 1681, aged 68. 3. Henry Rede, died 17th of Feb., 1655. 4. John Rede, of Weston, was buried the 6th of March, 1605. 5. Thomas Garneis, Esq., died Oct. 25, 1701, aged 60. 6. John Thacker, died Jan. 13th, 1667. 7. Abigail, wife of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist (Plate 7) stands in the S.E. part of the … scissor-braces. Weston Beggard, the Parish Church of St John the Baptist Fittings Brackets: In chancelon E. wall, two …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… 3rd, inscribed 'Sit Nomen Domini Benedictum', by John Danyell, 15th-century, 4th, by John Carter, 1608, 6th, by John Carter, 1590. Brasses and Indents. Brass: In chancelon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… In chancelnailed down to modern wood floor, (1) to John Olney, knight, 1405, and Denise his wife, marginal … set in wrong order, and some parts missing, records that John Olney 'parva fuit antiqua capella ruens . . . . insuper … holding staff; 2, St. Peter with keys and book; 3, St. John the Baptist, holding lamb and long cross, a sheep at his …