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A History of the County of London
… The legend of the destruction of the temple of Apollo by King Lucius and the building of the Christian church of St. … and on his return bade the awestricken boatman go to Bishop Mellitus of London, tell him what he had seen, and … connexion with the life and death of the last king of the old English royal lineage. 18 It is therefore not surprising …
A History of the County of London
… have been in need of financial help. They petitioned the king to examine their charters and allow them to hold in … 16 and an indulgence of forty days was given by Ralph, bishop of London, in 1306, to those visiting the church and … in 1349 tenements in the parishes of St. Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street, and St. Mary Axe, at Holborn Cross and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… construction presumably in the mid 12th century. In the S. part of the parish in the Lyveden valley is a notable … 12th-century civil wars. In 1298 it was described as an old castle and by 1315 it was referred to only as the site of … on the S. side of the Lyveden Brook 170 m. W. of Lyveden Old Bield, at 220 ft. above OD on Cornbrash. A dense scatter …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Bengeo, Urban and Rural 18. BENGEO, Urban and Rural. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxi. S.E., (b)xxix. S.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). … of the chancel is modern; that of the nave is probably old; over the W. end is a modern bell turret. Fittings Bell: … two human figures almost obliterated; one appears to be a bishop: on the chancel walls, a red chequer pattern, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Benington 19. BENINGTON. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xiii. S.W. (b)xxi. N.W.) Ecclesiastical b(1). … hall, which is apparently in its original position. The old kitchen on the S. has been divided into several rooms and … 16th-century date, built of timber and plaster, and have old brick chimney stacks; the roofs are tiled. The timber …
Alumni Oxonienses
… of Windsor 1595, and registrar of the Order of the Garter, bishop of Hereford 1603, until his death 25 Oct., 1617. See … 1673. [ 16] Benson, John Michael (1665), councillor to King of Denmark. See Fasti, ii. 280. Benson, Martin s. John, … Hall; B.A. (sup. 14 May) 1582, one of these names M.P. Old Sarum 1586-7, possibly brother of Henry and Maurice 1590. …
A Dictionary of London
… Bennet's Almshouses - Berwardes Lane Bennet's Almshouses On the west … to Hogge Lane (Petticoat Lane), and says it was of old time called Berwards Lane, but now Hogge Lane (S. 167). F In old records it is mentioned in the boundaries of the tenement …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… century, reflecting its pre-Conquest connection with the bishop of Lincoln's Dorchester estate. 14 By the early 17th century it included a clearly delineated block of old inclosures totalling 139 a., although as it also … a royal grant there between 727 and 736, 4 and in 779 King Offa of Mercia reportedly recovered Benson from Wessex …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… civil parish of Much Wenlock. 85 To the south Benthall's boundary followed the Wenlock-Broseley road before swinging … were incorporated in semi-detached or terraced houses. The Old Vicarage, a three storeyed brick house with a symmetrical … 55 Robert Burnell (d. 1292), chancellor of England and bishop of Bath and Wells, had an estate at Benthall, perhaps …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Badgeworth, Upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 4 … in the king's books at 6. 12. 10., and in the gift of the Bishop of Lichfield: the tithes have been commuted for 60, … the parishioners, searches were made, and the ruins of the old chapel found. It was dedicated to St. Stephen. Benton, …