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Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… Two Brothers, with provisions &c. for Col. Oglethorpe's regiment and despatches for Georgia; Mary and Ann. pink … prays a reversionary lease. Prefixing:Said Surveyor's report on Eversfield's petition for same. Crown Lease Book … the year ended 1738, Lady-day; all on condition of William Rouse making good and paying into the hands of the Receiver …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 4; net income, 100; patron and impropriator, Lord … patronage of the Archbishop of York, valued in the king's books at 3. 1. 8.; net income, 100. The tithes, with … rape of Hastings, E. division of Sussex, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Hailsham; containing 962 inhabitants. The parish …
A History of the County of Sussex
… two branches of the river Adur, which join at the parish's south-eastern tip. In the north and west the boundary … are discussed below. 62 In addition, the new gentlemen's houses built after c. 1800 often had parkland attached, 63 … IV, c. 164 (Local and Personal); W.S.R.O., QDP/W 51; J. Rouse, Beauties and Antiq. of Suss. i. 267 n. W.S.R.O., Add. …
A History of the County of Essex
… by Robert Gernon and Ranulph Peverel. 1 In 1135 Gernon's successor, William de Montfitchet, founded the abbey of … among other donations to the abbey, Richard de Montfitchet's grange in the forest (Woodgrange) 6 and land in South marsh … 1086 had constituted the greater part of Ranulph Peverel's share of Ham. 8 During the 14th century the abbey further …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… begun before 1086, for by then William Scudet, the king's cook, held an estate of 4 hides which was to form later the … the manor of Westbury Priory. 46 The rest of Defuble's land was regranted by Henry II to Joce de Dinan, and by … Pavely was holding Westbury by the service of one knight's fee. 56 The manor at that time comprised the four estates …
Old and New London
… ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The ChapelsGeneral Description of the South … gushes from thy generous heart: For thine are words which rouse up all The dormant good among us found Like drops which …
Old and New London
… Westminster St. James's Park CHAPTER V. ST. JAMES'S PARK. "A spark That less admires the Palace than the Park." Pope. Storey's GateOrigin of "Birdcage Walk"The Wellington BarracksOrigin …
Old and New London
… Fields in the time of Charles I.Westminster FairSt. Edward's FairTothill StreetStrutton GroundSouthern, the Dramatic … and New Pye StreetsThe BroadwayYork StreetVan Dun's AlmshousesMilton's ResidenceEmmanuel HospitalWestminster ChapelThe …
Old and New London
… TrialBacon and YelvertonHis ExecutionSir Walter Scott's "Fortunes of Nigel"Shadwell's Squire of AlsatiaA Riot in WhitefriarsElizabethan Edicts … The mere sight of the turnings to Whitefriars would rouse the evil spirit nestling in Sanquhar's heart. Eagerly …
Old and New London
… Placethat is past: For since the Cardinal fell that title's lost; 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Act IV., sc. 1. The most Polite Court in …