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Old and New London
… juxtaposition, as it were, of rivals in life, such as Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots, Pitt and Fox, and othersprove that its … entertained at his 'pavilion in Tothill,' the king and queen, with so large a party, that seven hundred dishes did …
Old and New London
… to every reader of history how Elizabeth Woodville, the Queen of Edward IV., in the year 1471, escaped from the … the rushes," in her grief and distress. Here the unhappy queen was induced by the Duke of Buckingham and the … and close by this prison was "the long ditch," over which Queen Maud, the consort of Henry I., erected a bridge leading …
Survey of London
… side of the four centre piers containing the arms of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Batty Langley had himself …
Old and New London
… 1396 Richard celebrated here his nuptials with his child-queen, Isabella of France. In the following year, the Hall … to behold; and within a little season was brought to the Queen with a solemn service, in great standing spice-plates, … his dangerous attachment to the fallen fortunes of Mary, Queen of Scots; Sir Henry Gates and Sir Thomas Palmer being …
Old and New London
… though there we are forgot." Byron. Abbot Ingulph and Queen EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The … Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by Queen ElizabethElection of Queen's Scholars"Challenges"Proposed removal of the SchoolDr. …
Old and New London
… WidowThe House purchased by George III., and called the "Queen's House"Northouck's Description of Buckingham House in … Boy Jones"Marriage of the Princess Augusta of CambridgeThe Queen and Charles DickensThe Board of Green ClothOfficers of the Queen's HouseholdHer Majesty's "Court" and "Drawing-rooms." …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… when no fewer than nine of the canons were deprived by the queen's commissary on 30 March 1554 and replaced by others. …
Old and New London
… Here, too, Edmund Spenser, the author of "The Faery Queen," after his escape from the troubles in Ireland, spent … a Marlborough, but I exhort them to look upon the 'Faery Queen' as the brightest jewel in their coronet." In King … in which the club assembled was adorned with a portrait of Queen Anne, by Dhl. After Her Majesty's death and the …
Old and New London
… that year a small chapel was opened in York Street, near Queen Square (now called Queen Anne's Gate), but it was closed for want of funds six … admired. Between Victoria Street and St. James's Park is Queen Square, called by Strype "Queen Anne Square," and now …
Old and New London
… of the south side of Birdcage Walk, extending from Queen Anne's Gate to Buckingham Gate, is occupied by the … Park, he adds, "By consequence, my Lady [Pomfret] is queen of the Duck Island." As to the island in the canal, the … Serre, a French writer, in his account of the visit of the Queen-Mother, Mary de Medicis, to her daughter, Henrietta …