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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… the Commissioners were about to meet at Mr. Richard Smith's house at Narragansett to examine the rival claims to the … pretensions of Massachusetts, though no less for the King's interest than for that of Rhode Island. Signed, Randall … Howlden, John Greene. 1 pp. Endorsed. Recd. from Mr. S. Godolphin, 24 July 1684. [ Col. Papers, Vol. LI., No. 97, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… subsequently held on lease a part of Sir Nicholas Bayley's moiety, and by his unremitting labours realized a large … at considerable loss: to use a phrase of Mr. Williams's, "the mines were honey-combed." Owing to the poverty of the … of the annual subscriptions, the interest of Mrs. Kynnier's donation has, since that time, been applied; the total …
Magna Britannia
… of this kind are to be seen in the church of St. German's, formerly the cathedral of Cornwall, though that edifice … of St. Germoe is a singular edifice, called St. Germoe's chair, being a stone seat, divided into three parts by … them a remarkable one sometimes occurs, being St. Peter's sword with the High Priest's servant's ear attached to it. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Anderson 2 ANDERSON (8897) (O.S. 6 ins. SY 89 NE) In 1933 the two adjacent parishes of … nave walls are of banded flint and Heathstone ashlar, the S. chapel is of banded flint and brick, the chancel is … rebuilt in 1889 the original plan is preserved. The S. wall of the Chancel is probably mediaeval, at least in its …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Andrew's, St - Arbroath Andrew's, St. ANDREW'S, ST., a city, the seat of a university, and anciently the …
Magna Britannia
… built by Bishop Warlewast, and the churches at Bishop's Teignton and East Teignmouth, both of which appear to have been built about the same time. The tower at Bishop's Teignton, which stands between the nave and the chancel, is … is similar, and in the same situation as that of Bishop's Teignton; it has roundheaded windows, which occur also on …
Magna Britannia
… of a circle similar to that at Boscawen-un, near the Land's End. 3 Sepulchral Stones. Risdon speaks of some circular stones on Maddock's Down 4, more than the height of a man; but Westcote, who, … mountains from Brecknock to Neath. 5 The cromlech at Drewe's Teignton, of which much has been said and written, has been …
Magna Britannia
… a circular tower called Paradise Fort. The walls of King's Weare castle are standing; and there are the ruins of a … walls and arches which belonged to the Bishop of Exeter's palace at that place. There are remains also of the Bishop's palaces at Bishop's Tawton and Paignton. Old Mansion at …
Magna Britannia
… the top is a parapet of open work, in which the Countess's initials, E. S., frequently occur. The state apartments are spa cious and … p. 190 of Parochial History. They are engraved in Grose's Ancient Armour, pl. xxxix. For a more particular account of …
Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors
… AT THE HALL PREMISES. (BY C. T. MARTIN, ESQ., F.S.A.) f. 4. f. 6. f. 11 b. f. 13 b. 1 Henry IV., 13991400. li. s. d. Il fuist chargez ove le rente de veille hostiell, de … iij iiij vj ob. Item, Pour xij m de tyle, pris le m 1, v s. vj d. iij vj Item, Pour un quartron et demi de roftyle ij …