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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… to the E. having moulded and stop-chamfered king posts and queen posts, the two to the W. being rather plainer with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Lord Grey, who was honoured in 1568 by a visit from Queen Elizabeth, then on her Buckinghamshire progress: … are also numerous. Whalley free grammar school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, was rebuilt by subscription in 1725, with a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… site of a Benedictine nunnery founded and amply endowed by Queen Elfrida, about the year 986, in expiation of the murder … Edgar and by him mother of King Etheldred the 2nd; which Queen Elfrida, after Edgar's death, murdered his eldest son …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 40 a. of land in neighbouring parishes were bought, from Queen Anne's Bounty in 1747, 1767, and 1786. 86 Dorothy Bayly … 219. G.D.R. Whitminster terriers, 1785, 1807; C. Hodgson, Queen Anne's Bounty (1845), p. cclxxxvi. 16th Rep. Com. Char. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Edward IV included the manor among those settled on the queen; 89 Richard III's undertaking in 1483 to grant …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… An annuity of 16, supposed to have been granted by Queen Elizabeth from the crown revenues in the county, and …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… 1568 Walter Strickland, esq., held at his death, of the queen by knight's service [the moiety of] the manor of … to his inheritance the manor of Whinfell, held of the queen by knight's service, was of the clear yearly value of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the sea. About 26 years ago, Dr. King, now president of Queen's College, Cambridge, drove a level about a hundred … The town first sent members to parliament in the 27th of Queen Elizabeth, and was deprived of its franchise by the act …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… under one of the ceiling-beams. The roof is of king and queen-post construction. The Barns stand S.W. of the house; …
A Dictionary of London
… Court" (O. and M. 1677-Strype, 1755). Site now occupied by Queen Victoria Street. Name derived from the sign. White Bear …