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Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the first reliable reference to York is …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, … paid the money due to him from the King so that "he could leave England, and be gone into his own country," and she …
Survey of London
… York Place CHAPTER 1: YORK PLACE Towards the end of the twelth century Richard of Ely (also known as Richard … agreed to pay the monks, "so long as he shall by their leave dwell in the said houses," one pound of frankincense in … to the archbishop, but the documents quoted above seem to leave no room for the friars. The sale had been to the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Fishes, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals FISHES The fishes of Somerset have received a good deal of attention from the late Mr. W. Baker, who has contributed … on the subject of migration it may be mentioned that the absence of any important river which might serve as a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a record of inland mollusca above the … the less known orders of insects are conspicuous by their absence, and while a very complete list of the Lepidoptera …
A History of the County of Somerset
… further search will do much more than extend our knowledge of the distribution throughout the county of the species … and Blaniulus fuscus. Yet the scarcity or apparent absence of these species in other counties is probably … a leading place. Its natural history societies and serials leave the subject of carcinology on one side, as if scarcely …