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… Easter 1405> <Of <the wife of> John Hode for {2} <1> shop{s} <and Philip Wheler for the other shop> 6 13s. 4d.> <Of … Hert) <Thomas Leget> 43s. Of (Thomas Robelard) <Hynton's wife> 21s. Of John Beuers 22s. Of (Thomas Daniell) … <John Hoddesdon> 8s. Of (Arnald Savage knight) <Est's wife> (68s.) <3 6s. 8d.> Of (William Fuller) <John Barker …
Survey of London
… houses on the backlands of Turnmill Street and St John's Lane. It was originally called Red Lion Street, after a … new offices were part of the redevelopment of the Booth's distillery site extending from Turnmill Street. Among the … towards the Fleet, runs alongside one of Clerkenwell's rare open spaces (Ills 203, 204), a former graveyard. This …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… from at least the 18th century. In 1595 the slope S. of Browne's Hospital was called the Fridaymarket and this was … The roof of the old building was removed on Browning's advice in the same year. It was dismantled in 1862 and …
Survey of London Monograph
… 1502, and was sent when quite young to be a page in Wolsey's household. He was knighted in 1519, and, in spite of the … soon discovered, & Wolsey, who knew by this time the King's inclinations, scolded the young man. Lord Percy gave way, … were routed. 3 When the jealous and inconstant Monarch's affection for Anne Boleyne (then his Queen) began to …
Survey of London Monograph
… and replaced what was existing at the time of Hollar's drawing dated 1642, and Chatelain's of 1750. (Plates 1 & 2.) It will be seen by comparison that … exists and is now known as "the cottage." Both Hollar's and Chatelain's drawings show an arched entrance of …
Survey of London
… of Newburgh, widow of the 1st Earl of Newburgh. Garrick's "Pretty Peggy" (Margaret Woffington), who wore the breeches so successfully as Sir Harry Wildair in Farquhar's Constant Couple, lived here during the last two years of … Buildings had its offices herre in 1883-5, and the Workmen's Peace Association, with its secretary, William (afterwards …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… Burwell 2 Burwell (O.S. 6 ins. aTL 56 N.W., bTL 56 N.E., cTL 56 S.E., dTL 66 N.W., eTL 66 S.W.) (Figs. 24 and 25) The parish, roughly L-shaped, covers …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In 1279 one man held freely of the abbey the hide once Guy's, two others had 90 a. and three 80 a. each at low rents; … by copyholders in 1650. 67 In 1279, however, even Ramsey's larger customary tenants were said to owe only one work a … at c. £35 yearly brought in half or more of that manor's cash income, while sales of corn and livestock yielded …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… [D; John Rylands Lib., Manchester Univ., George Cooke's accounts] Cadman, Rebecca, 26 Shudehill, Manchester, … address unrecorded, cm (1803). Subscribed to Sheraton's Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. Caird, James, 20 King St, Golden … of address from Greek to Wardour St. Listed in Sheraton's, Cabinet Dictionary, 1803. [D; GL, Sun MS vol. 431, ref. …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… century on a WRITING TABLE to protect the writer's face from the glare of the CANDLE. Alternatively they were … or YARDS, booms, etc.': this definition, taken from Smyth's Sailor's Word Book and given in the OED, is not overly helpful, …