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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… up of old material. In the Chapel the bay window forms the sanctuary, and is filled with early 17th-century stained …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 18 The original chapel comprised nave with a small apsidal sanctuary, north aisle with an arcade of tall plain arches, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… now divided into two rooms below the arch, the so-called 'sanctuary' now forming what is known as the Bailey room, and …
Old and New London
… the church was pulled down, but the mischievous right of sanctuary continued. And now we come to the event which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a chapel in Hensington by c. 1200, and a fugitive took sanctuary there c. 1240. 17 By the 16th century there were …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… of Edward I. find that John Blaber of Attlebrigg had took sanctuary in the church of St. Matthew in Norwich, in the …
A New History of London
… the press-warrants: the city it was said, was no longer a sanctuary for their servants; for that notwithstanding near …
A New History of London
… to repair to the priory of Merton, where he had taken sanctuary, and bring him to London, dead or alive. The king's … several of them were committed to prison: the rest took sanctuary, till they could accommodate matters with the king; … person would be so wicked as to rob a treasury in such a sanctuary. This dishonourable action enraged them so, that …