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A Dictionary of London
… These privileges were only finally abolished by Act of Parliament in 1697. There is an interesting account of the …
Old and New London
… City of London, were appointed to be paved by an Act of Parliament, in the year 1572. In the year 1711 the advowson …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The regulation of the town and harbour is, under acts of parliament passed in the 7th and 11th of Queen Anne, and … a borough, with the privilege of sending a member to parliament: the right of election is vested in the 10 …
Survey of London
… originally contained painted glass which was destroyed by Parliament (see p. 55). The roof as indicated in views of … James I. Whitehall Chapel fared ill under the rule of the Parliament. On 9th March, 16434, it was ordered that the … and on several occasions was used for the meeting of Parliament. 135 An early reference to the use of the Great …
Survey of London
… cryd owt "God save quen Mare!" 53 On 27th November, 1554, Parliament was summoned to the presence chamber at Whitehall … Whitehall, whence she rode on 20th January, 15578, to open Parliament. 55 On 7th March Parliament was held at Whitehall, and three days later Mary …
Old and New London
… upon the fall of Cardinal Wolsey. It was granted by Act of Parliament to Henry VIII. "because the old Palace nigh to the … Owing to the delicate constitution of the young king, the Parliament was held at Whitehall on one occasion during his … what has been said for and against the proceedings of the Parliament in their quarrel with Charles I., which led to the …
Old and New London
… Dunbar. Here he was waited upon by a deputation from the Parliament, desiring him to "magnify himself with the title … Commons in his pocket, after having dissolved the "Long" Parliament, as he subsequently explained to the "Barebones" Parliament assembled in the Council Chamber here. George …
Old and New London
… Incident in connection with the Last Days of Charles I.Parliament StreetMessrs. Nichols' … the authorities, in "beating the bounds," took a boat at Parliament Stairs and rowed to the centre arch of Westminster … to the Thames Embankment, and having an entrance from Parliament Street through handsome iron gates. We read in …
Old and New London
… the following description of it which occurs in the Act of Parliament by which it was given to the royal tyrant. Here it … this description is not overdrawn. By the same Act of Parliament it was directed to be called "The King's Palace at … the road which was then the sole access to the Houses of Parliament and the Courts of Law. In this gateway were the …
Old and New London
… the western side of Whitehall, between Charing Cross and Parliament Street, is occupied either by Government buildings … passes on her way to and from opening or proroguing Parliament. The clock in the turret which surmounts the … of the broad and open thoroughfare from Charing Cross to Parliament Street. The Treasury Buildings, which occupy some …