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Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… John Slocombe, for their lives, of a house in Chamberlain st., Wells; rent 10 s. Dated, 6 Nov., 1584, 26 Eliz. 803. 1585.Assignment by … by King John to the churches of St. Andrew, Wells, and St. Peter, Bath, and to Josceline, bishop of Bath and Wells, …
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 … and remained at Chatsworth till the 4th. Chatteris (St. Peter and St. Paul) CHATTERIS ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a …
Old and New London
… Chaucer's London CHAPTER LI. CHAUCER'S LONDON. London Denizens in the … sang, and ploughmen whistled. There was danger in St. John's Wood and Tyburn Fields, and robbers on Hampstead … might any day, in the reign of Edward III., be met in Bow Lane or Friday Street, riding to pay his devoirs to some …
The Environs of London
… and fortresses, and defraying the expence of the king's expeditions. The grant concludes with the usual … the residence of its owners. The church is dedicated to St. Dunstan. It appears by a note on a pane of glass taken … built of slint and stone, is low, square, and embattled. St. Mary's chapel. Tomb. At the south-east corner of the …
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 … and moulded cornice surmounted by shield-of-arms; (8) to Peter Patten, 1673, marble monument with oval tablet on …
A Survey of London
… in Cheape. Also on the south side of Buckles Berie, a lane turning vp by S. Sithes Church, and by S. Pancrates church through Needlers … that the same was builded about the yeare 1299. and that Peter Fanelore, Adam Frauncis and Henry Frowike citizens gaue …
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. … Died at his manor of Pirford, Surrey, 1595. Buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. The mounment erected to his memory is figured in Dugdale's 'St. Paul's,' edition 1818, p. 71. See Wood's 'Athen …
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 … The Westchepe market was held by day between St. Lawrence Lane and a house called "the Cage," between the first and …