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The Environs of London
… Wimbledon WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … attended him in the romantic journey which he took into Spain to visit his intended consort. Sir Richard drew up an …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. … retirement, to take the command of the forces in Spain, he was, by the revolt of his general, made prisoner, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river … the bulk of the wine from Gascony, the best iron from Spain and the fine textile stuffs, madder and brass ware from …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of … may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. Birinus … of Henry VII and Prince Arthur impaling the royal arms of Spain, which dates the work to about 1502, of Bishop Fox …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … than a princess.' After Mary's marriage with Philip of Spain at Winchester on 25 July 1554, the king and queen …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the … 930), but since then the succession has been maintained and Windsor is now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: … and as Windsor was often employed abroad, especially in Spain. Made his will 16 October 1524, d. within a few days. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its … cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … North America and Canada, with finer blankets exported to Spain and Portugal. 134 Exports through the Hudson Bay …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might … for bringing fruit and other perishable food from Spain and the eastern Mediterranean in exchange for herrings, …
Survey of London Monograph
… HERALD Spelman thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in … to John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and … mistake for Risebank; York 1528; sent with despatches to Spain and elsewhere 1522, and 152789; d. June 1530. His s. …
Survey of London
… York House CHAPTER 6: YORK HOUSE The York Water Gate (see pp. 5960) in the Victoria Embankment … surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance periods bordered the Strand between the … House on their return from their unsuccessful visit to Spain in October, 1623, and in the following month the Duke …