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A History of the County of Somerset
… of both estates descended with Horsington to Henry's sons William (d. c. 1204) and James (d. 1216). 21 From … 1316 and his brother John, his heir, in 1337. 25 On John's death the fee was divided between his two daughters, … Shepton manors was owned by Anthony Floyer and his wife Anne, and in 1630 another quarter was held by Thomas White. …
Old and New London
… EscapesQueen Elizabeth at Lord Herbert's MarriageOld Blackfriars BridgeJohnson and MylneLaying of … crown to his wily confederate, Richard the Crookback. In Queen Elizabeth's time it was granted to the Earls of … printers who here first worked their inky presses. Queen Anne, by patent in 1713, constituted Benjamin Tooke, of Fleet …
Survey of London
… traffic in 1769. It was made free of toll in 1785. Mylne's bridge lasted just over 100 years. Its decay was hastened … be made where it crossed the turnpike road in Saint George's Fields, and a toll-gate was to be set up there. The road … the collection in the lottery held after Sir Ashton Lever's death. The collection included the tropical and other …
Old and New London
… BoyhoodThe Temperance HallThe South London Working Men's CollegeThe South London Tramway CompanyThe Mission College of St. AlphegeNelson SquareThe "Dog's Head in the Pot"Surrey ChapelThe Rev. Rowland … Sundays for bear-baiting, a favourite sport in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Paris Garden, according to the ancient maps, …
Old and New London
… an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent." Macaulay's Ballad of " The Armada." Situation and Description of … Campegio, and of Bonevet, High Admiral of FrancePrincess Anne of ClevesArrival of Charles II., on his … been some time privately married, was publicly declared Queen of England. On May-day, in the year 1645, Colonel …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… became the parish was almost certainly part of the king's large estate called Calne, 3 and it was part of the land of … (d. 1514), who devised the estate at Blackland to his wife Anne for life. 11 The estate reverted to Robert's son Godfrey … reversion was held from Godfrey's death by his daughter Anne, the wife of William Saville, and in 1561, when the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Blackmore 7. BLACKMORE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)li. S.E. (b)lix. N.E.) Blackmore is a parish and village 3 m. E. … 1152 and 1162 by Adam and Jordan, chamberlains of the queen; the existing Nave with N. and S. arcades of at least …
Survey of London
… profits for 160123 averaging 100 per cent. The company's fortunes then went through a difficult period, however, and … was further encouraged by Charles II, who offered as bounty to anyone building ships a remission of the customs on … amassed a huge personal fortune. When his only child, Anne, married Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, in 1711, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by 1681 seems to have been treated as one of the town's regular fields. By the mid 18th century the fields were: … 6 half-yardlanders and 5 cottars. They held by rent of 3 s. 9 d. a year and heavy services for each yardland, working … Oxford, at the Sheldonian Theatre in 1666, at New College, Queen's, and All Souls in 1700, 1713-15, 1730, and 1745, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bladon Education Education The £1 10 s. a year left by Peter Hopkins, by will proved in 1643, for … an endowed school, presumably supported by Hopkins's charity, and 48 others paid a small sum weekly. 51 In 1815 … the Duchess of Marlborough's from the support of Frances Anne Emily Spencer Churchill, duchess of Marlborough, …