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A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 25 1769-1770 CHAP. XXV. From the trial of the Brentford rioters, to the death of the right honourable William Beckford, in his second mayoralty. Two Irish chairmen Laurence Balfe, … introduction of his own writing; in which the affair of St. George's-fields was termed an horrid massacre, and the …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 26 1770-1771 CHAP. XXVI. From the death of alderman Beckford, to the close of the year 1771. On July 14, a wardmote was held in Butcher's-hall, Pudding-lane, for the election of an … the prison to a piece of ground belonging to the city in St. George's-fields, Southwark: for placing the Fleet-market …
A New History of London
… to the Londoners, which are numbered VII. VIII. IX. in the Appendix; and, in the third year of his reign, they … of this city remaining still in the crown, William de St. Michael paid to the king a fine of one hundred pounds for … dinner, and the fox after dinner, in the fields beyond St. Giles's. 1239. 1240. The king's first son Edward, was born at …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 4 Edward I to Edward III CHAP. IV. From the accession of Edward I. to the death of Edward III. 1273. … of London, dated January 19, Anno Regni primo, at Caples; in which, after reciting the many injuries done to his people … in the streets after the ringing of the coverfeu bell at St. Martin's-le-grand: that all vintners and victuallers were …
A New History of London
… due allowance for the unsettled maxims of government in that turbulent age, his long reign and prudent … into three bodies, one party hurried to the rich priory of St. John of Jerusalem (at Clerkenwell) near Smithfield, which … on his persecutors. His party was to rendezvous in St. Giles's fields; but the king disconcerted them by his …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 6 Cade's Rebellion to Henry VII CHAP. VI. From the rebellion of Jack Cade, to the accession of Henry VII. We … times; to which the natural circumstances of the nation in general did not a little contribute. Though the people, by … sensible of his danger, levied an army; and the battle of St. Alban's 1, in which the duke of Somerset was killed, put …
A New History of London
… the disputes between the houses of York and Lancaster, in which so much English blood had been shed. Henry VII. was … young earl to be conducted publickly through the city to St. Paul's church; and thence back to his prison. Lambert … of the Strand, St. Clements Danes without Temple Bar, St. Giles in the fields, St. Andrew Holborn, the town and borough …
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. … the families of York and Lancaster: the two last Henries, in whom both claims were united, had also from motives of … by a Spaniard, who undertook to fly from the steeple of St. Paul's cathedral; which he performed according to his own …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 9 Elizabeth CHAP. IX. During the reign of queen Elizabeth. The princess Elizabeth, who was … met on the road by the lord mayor, aldermen, and citizens in their formalities, and was conducted to London in great … 1561. The spire, tower, and great part of the body of St. Paul's cathedral, were on July 4. 1561, consumed by …
Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters
… Book 1 1654 BOOK I. 16541674 M r Tho: Atkinson M r Friday the 6 th day of October 1654 1 Robert Streete the sonne of … 2 Henry Seagood the sonne of Henry Seagood of Sunbury in the County of Middx husbandman hath putt himselfe app … himselfe app rntice to William Austin of the parish of S t Giles Cripplegate Carpenter to serve for seaven yeares from …