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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WESTCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Waddesdon, poor-law union of Aylesbury, hundred of Ashendon, county of … a parish, now a manor in the parish of Standford, poor-law union of Elham, hundred of Stouting, lathe of Shepway, E. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Rev., I, 356. (6). Temple Bar. On the site of the new Law Courts, in 1871, part of an antefix, in the form of a … Sir Thomas Egerton; ( c) Sir Edward Phelips, sergeant-at-law; ( d) Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury; ( e) Sir Harbottle … occupied by a workhouse erected under the Elizabethan Poor Law. Though there is no record of this, the old part of the …
Old and New London
… Elizabeth, Queens of England; to her niece and daughter-in-law, Mary, Queen of Scots." This lady, who is said to have …
Old and New London
… in the Fathers, ecclesiastical antiquities, and canon law. He was also celebrated for his talent at repartee, of …
Old and New London
… so that in the year 1231 the monks brought an action at law against the priest of Rotherhithe, in which they …
Old and New London
… committed felony, and came to save his life. By the common law of England, if a person guilty of felony (excepting … highwaymen, coiners, and felons, who could defy the law as long as they remained within its precincts. Here they … should shelter a murderer against the strong hand of the law; for it will be remembered that the "cities of refuge" in …
Survey of London
… could no longer uphold its objections and the Bill became law in the following year. 148 The Act appointed a number of …
Survey of London
… the Bills of Mortality whose settlement under the poor Law could not be established. A house, probably one of those …
Old and New London
… mutual frauds are fought, and no side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the King's CourtThe Hall built by … for the Hall has since been rebuilt, as stated above. The Law Courts, it appears, had been held in the Palace during … reign of William the Conqueror; and it is said that the law students had their residence in the King's Court. But …