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A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 8 Edward VI and Mary CHAP. VIII. From the accession of Edward VI. to the death of queen Mary. … religion could not long remain in this loose uncertain state: to put a stop to pulpit controversies, which were … hundred more, being conducted before the queen with ropes about their necks, were dismissed with a pardon. This …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 9 Elizabeth CHAP. IX. During the reign of queen Elizabeth. The princess Elizabeth, who was … in their formalities, and was conducted to London in great state, amidst the universal and unfeigned acclamations of the … since called Old Bethlehem burial-ground, and containing about an acre of land, for the burial of poor citizens …
Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters
… Book 1 1658 1658 9 Februar. 1657 21 Robert Davis the son of Edward Davis of Thurkiston in the County of Leicester … appntice to william Gray of S t Saviours dockhead in South war ke for eight yeares from the 29 Sept. last past dat. the …
A New History of London
… and general view of London BOOK II. Containing a Survey of the City of London; with Descriptions of the Public … opposite borough of Southwark on its inner shore. Being about sixty miles from the mouth of the river, the water is … a view to exhibit the comparative difference between the state and duration of human life in great cities and in the …
A New History of London
… name from London bridge which forms a part of it; and when the bridge was lined with houses on each side, three of the … bridge, which admits of two descriptions, the one of the state in which it stood for many centuries, and the other as … are copied and translated below 9. Fishmonger'shall. About 150 yards west of London bridge, in Thames-street, but …
A New History of London
… a principal street in it, and so distinguished before the great fire of London, as being one of the widest streets … ornaments 1. The original front next Threadneedlestreet is about 80 feet in length, of the Ionic order, raised on a … name, by the addition of le Poor; either from the poor state of the parish at the time of its foundation, or from …
A New History of London
… as it is found in ancient records, takes its name from the street now called Cannon-street; formerly chiefly … the first, or one of the first markets in London. In this state it continued for some ages, especially for victuals; as … unrecorded means it fell into the hands of the archbishop, about the year 1408, and is one of the 13 peculiars in this …
A New History of London
… Baynard ward CHAP. XIV. Castle-Baynard ward. History of Baynards castle. This ward derives its name from an antient castle built on the bank of the Thames by a Norman baron of the name of … as Insignia Gentilitia, and hereditary marks of noblesse. About the same time, or soon after, this victorious prince …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 15 Cheap Ward CHAP. XV. Cheap-ward. The Saxon word Chepe signifies a market; and one being … of Pancras-lane, Queen-street and Bowlane; Grocer's-alley, about 136 feet of the south end of the Old Jewry 2; … and without at the expence of 2500l. and in its present state appears as follows. The entrance into the hall is by a …
A New History of London
… Boundaries. Coleman-street ward obtains its name from the principal street in it, which might formerly have been distinguished as the peculiar residence of dealers in coals; or from some person of the name of … Margaret's church on the north side, and on the south to about twenty-seven feet beyond Princes-street; …