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A New History of London
… of the nobility and gentry, all with six horses. At St. Margaret's-hill he was met by the lord-mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, … companies in their formalities, from Stock's-market to St. Paul's church-yard. The cannon at the Tower and St. …
A New History of London
… William was no sooner apprized of the city of London's submission, than he hastened his march thither; where he … fire laid it in ruins, together with the cathedral of St. Paul, in 1086; but, by the vigilance of Maurice, bishop … London Bridge, which destroyed all the way westward to St. Clement's Danes: But Stow says that this dreadful …
A New History of London
… eldest princesses, to Guildhall on the next lord mayor's day: as also to desire permission for putting up the king … Frederic, who had hitherto resided in Hanover, arrived at St. James's; where he was waited on by the lord-mayor, and … of silk manufacturers, and was therefore made a distinct parish by the name of Christ-church 6; the hamlet of Wapping …
A New History of London
… the French court had meditated to make of the Pretender's claims, inspired his son with a resolution to make an … and a manifesto to be read in which the chevalier de St. George declared his son Charles, regent of his dominions, … the churchwardens, overseers, and inhabitants of the parish of St. Saviour in the borough of Southwark, to hold a …
A New History of London
… in the gulph of Mexico; and Canada, up the river St. Laurence; along the extensive sea coast between which lay … critical juncture the nation were averse to his majesty's going to Hanover; he set out however at the close of April, … into the rights of the city in the five great hospitals St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, Bridewell, Bethlehem, and …
A New History of London
… of the former king. Immediately upon notice of the king's death, the privy council, with the lord-mayor of London, … had been demanded in marriage by our sovereign, arrived at St. James's palace, on the afternoon of September 8th, and … house of one Parsons in Cock-lane West Smithfield, who was parish clerk to St. Sepulchre's without Newgate. While K. …
A New History of London
… additional seeds of discontent. The very day of lord Bute's appointment as first commissioner of the treasury, a … of Brunswic Lunenburg; in the great council chamber at St. James's, by the archbishop of Canterbury: her portion … of aldermen to issue orders for the constables in every parish to repair immediately to their respective watch houses …
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… apprehended, in consequence of the verdict of the coroner's inquest on the body of George Clarke the person killed at … introduction of his own writing; in which the affair of St. George's-fields was termed an horrid massacre, and the … of the hearse was a painting of the murder of Allen in St. George's-fields, on the other, that of Clarke at …
A New History of London
… the year 1771. On July 14, a wardmote was held in Butcher's-hall, Pudding-lane, for the election of an alderman for … the prison to a piece of ground belonging to the city in St. George's-fields, Southwark: for placing the Fleet-market … the way from Fleet-street, to the upper ground in the parish of Christ-church, Surry; 5000 l. for piling the …
A New History of London
… from the payment of all toll or lastage in the king's dominions beyond sea: this charter cost the city 3000 … of this city remaining still in the crown, William de St. Michael paid to the king a fine of one hundred pounds for … of ground granted him in the Strand, in the parish of St. Clement's Danes, whereon to erect a forge, he rendering at …