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Survey of London
… in 1720 to be 'well inhabited by Nobility and Gentry', and Leicester Square, had all suffered a considerable social …
Old and New London
… Paget, who called it after his name. The great Earl of Leicester was its next occupant. He changed it to "Leicester House," and bequeathed it to his son-in-law, the …
Yorkshire Lay Subsidy
… G. FitzPeter, Earl of Essex, Earl W. Marshall, R., Earl of Leicester, W., Earl of Salisbury, W., Earl of Warenne, …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… 1 in Huntingdon, 3 in Nottingham, 2 in Norfolk, 1 in Leicester, 4 in Yorkshire, and 2 in London failed to put in … in each county was 9 marks a sack This was the price of Leicester wool, and Knighton evidently assumes that the price …
Old and New London
… Lord Robert Dudley (afterwards the great Earl of Leicester) was elected Palaphilos, constable or marshal of …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… the Treasury, asked for Satisfaction, Whether the Earl of Leicester had not those Lordships in grant to him in Queen … could give the best Account in that Case; that the Earl of Leicester had but one of those Lordships, and that was …
Old and New London
… VIII., Edward III., Edward IV., Henry VI., the Earl of Leicester, and Charles Brandon. There is also mentioned a … by Philip to Henry." The tilting-suit of the Earl of Leicester is still shown. "That the armour before us was worn by Leicester," says Mr. Hewitt, "there is not the slightest …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… these offices. 14 Henry Montfort, son of Simon, earl of Leicester, was made both constable and warden, by patent. … of Ormond. Lionel, earl of Dorset. John Sidney, earl of Leicester. Lionel, before earl, but then duke of Dorset, was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… HENRY, youngest son of Robert Sidney, the second earl of Leicester, having been in 1689, anno I William and Mary, …
Historical Collections of Private Passages of State
… the Honour to be of the Foreign Committee, my Lord of Leicester was pleased to send Weekly Letters, to divers of … to mention a Letter from an Honourable Person, my Lord of Leicester, and now he observes, it was a Gazette, and no Letter at all from my Lord of Leicester. But my Lord of Strafford desired, he might not be …