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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a township, in the parish of Ellingham, union of Belford, S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland, … of the road to Chelmsford. An ancient hermitage, called St. Ann's, is now an inn. Chatsworth CHATSWORTH, a hamlet, in … of Bedford; containing 195 inhabitants. Chawton (St. Nicholas) CHAWTON ( St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union and …
Old and New London
… Chaucer's London CHAPTER LI. CHAUCER'S LONDON. London Denizens in the Reigns of Edward III. and Richard II.The KnightThe … sang, and ploughmen whistled. There was danger in St. John's Wood and Tyburn Fields, and robbers on Hampstead …
The Environs of London
… and fortresses, and defraying the expence of the king's expeditions. The grant concludes with the usual … doors: in the parlour is some rich mantled carving. The chapel is converted into a billiard-room. This house and … the residence of its owners. The church is dedicated to St. Dunstan. It appears by a note on a pane of glass taken …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ward consists of the parishes of All Hallows, Honey Lane, St. Mary Colechurch, St. Martin Pomeroy, St. Mildred Poultry, … by Sir Christopher Wren in 167086, at a cost of 11,870 1 s. 9 d. It was repaired in 1867 and the roof was renewed in … the Crypt: Coffin and slab: of stone, from the Guildhall Chapel, the slab with foliated cross between two trumpets and …
A Survey of London
… on the south side of Buckles Berie, a lane turning vp by S. Sithes Church, and by S. Pancrates church through Needlers … Robert Corcheforde, Robert Hatfielde and Robert Hatfield, Nicholas Wilfilde and Thomas his sonne, the monumentes of all … Chappell] 1598; bodie 1603 bodie 1603; body-roome 1633; chapel Thoms founded] found 1598, 1603 John Marshal, Mercer, …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… to the Lords of the Council, stating that Her Majesty's pleasure had been signified to the Court of Alderman by Mr. Secretary Wolley, 1 for the reparation of the Cross 2 in Cheapside, as it seemed, upon some information given of … Died at his manor of Pirford, Surrey, 1595. Buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. The mounment erected to his memory is …
Old and New London
… How the great webs of gold chains sparkle in the jeweller's windows! How modern everything looks, and yet only a short … scrupulous days! Why, the pile would reach half way up St. Paul's. Illegal nets had been burnt opposite Friday … of the same ignominious punishment. In 1372 (Edward III.) Nicholas Mollere, a smith's servant, for spreading a lying …
Old and New London
… and Goldsmiths at LoggerheadsThe Goldsmiths' Company's Charters and RecordsTheir Great Annual FeastThey receive … Hall belonged, in the reign of Edward II., to Sir Nicholas de Segrave, a Leicestershire knight, brother of … in the screen was surmounted by a silver-gilt statue of St. Dunstan; and the Flemish tapestry represented the story …
Old and New London
… MagdalenHoney LaneAll Hallows' ChurchLawrence Lane and St. Lawrence ChurchIronmonger Lane and Mercers' HallThe … More, born in 1480, was the son of a judge of the King's Bench, and was educated at St. Anthony's School, in … who had married Thomas Fitz Theobald de Helles, built a chapel and hospital of Augustine Friars close to Ironmonger …