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Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… to Volume 3, Parts 1 and 2. Part I. p. 13. The date of Charles' first visit to England is erroneously given. It … &c." His real name was Cisneros; a native, no doubt, of the village of that name in the province of Palencia, in Old Castille. p. …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… Corrections p. 1. The small tract, &c., that is, the "Book of the nine articles," issued at Christmas 1533, already mentioned by Chapuys in his despatch of the 27th Dec. 1533. See Gairdner, Vol. VI., p. 634, and … of listening to proposals, however vague and undefined, working towards that desirable end. These premises once …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… note to David Betoun and Sir Thomas Erskine, Secretary of State for Scotland, is not rightly given. It ought to have … of it are preserved at Simancas, and one more in the National Archives of Paris (k. 1622), proceeding also from … be a voluntary and unjustifiable assertion of some scholar working on these very papers, who, reading on the outside "el …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… twenty miles round, and to contain five thousand acres of land, of which seven hundred are woodland. The soil, though chalky on the side of the hills, is a strong clay otherwise on the summit of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… High Halstow. PAGE 17. SUBORDINATE to the paramount manor of Hoo is the reputed manor of High Halstow, which, with a messuage, called Duck's court, alias Bewell's, belonged to the family of Walpole, of Pinchbeck, in Lincolnshire, but Edward Walpole …
Survey of London
… which was demolished during 1936, comprised a block of 11 houses four storeys in height over double basements. … house seem to have been of outstanding importance. The National Cottage Hospital for Consumption was housed there in … as his aide-de-camp, reducing his rough sketches to neat working drawings and helping with the practical realisation …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Adforton AN INVENTORY OF THE ANCIENT AND HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN NORTH-WEST … sentence to which reference should be made. The key-plans of those churches which are not illustrated by hatched plans are drawn to a uniform scale of 48 ft. to the inch, with the monumental portions shown in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Aigburth Adlington ADLINGTON, a township, in the parish of Prestbury, union and hundred of Macclesfield, N. division of the county … ADLINGTON, a township, in the parish of Standish, union of Chorley, hundred of Leyland, N. division of the …
Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… ADMIRALTY COURT Judge 1660-1870 Until the resignation of the Duke of York in 1673 the Judge was appointed by the Lord High Admiral by letters patent under the seal of the court. From 1673 appointments were made by the crown …
Survey of London
… HOUSE Ground Landlord. The premises are the freehold of the Crown, and are used as the residence of the First Lord of the Admiralty. History of the site. The … question of parliamentary reform, and in 1800 opposed the union with Ireland. In 1806 Grey (now Lord Howick) became …