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A History of the County of Oxford
… 15 Owners of a freehold in Black Bourton attached to Friars Court manor in Clanfield owed suit there in the 16th century, and in 1685 it was claimed that the Friars Court view should elect a tithingman for Black …
A Dictionary of London
… by Mark Lane Station. Name derived from the sign. Black Friars A house of Dominican Friars near Ludgate on the site known later as the precinct … Founded in 1221, by Hubert de Burgh, who gave the Friars land in Holborn for their house. Gift confirmed to the …
Old and New London
… Earl of Kent, transplanted a colony of Black Dominican friars from Holborn, near Lincoln's Inn, to the river-side, … I. and Queen Eleanor heaped many gifts on these sable friars. Charles V. of France was lodged at their monastery … the Revels, the whole house and precincts of the Preacher Friars, the yearly value being then valued at nineteen …
A Dictionary of London
… a quay was in course of construction at the house of the Friars Preachers (Cal. Close R. Ed. I. 1288-96, p. 373) and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… by Gas Street. It occupies the site of the house of Black Friars which was founded in Stamford before 1241 (Knowles and …
Old and New London
… LEVERIAN MUSEUM, ALBION STREET, The Surrey End of Black Friars Bridge. This admired Assemblage of the Productions of …