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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BLOXWORTH ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of CoombsDitch, Wareham division of … 400 pasture, 200 meadow, 80 woodland (chiefly coppice), and the remainder heath; the soil is various, in some parts … is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 15. 7. 1., and in the gift of the family of Pickard: the tithes have …
A New History of London
… of the war, a regiment of highlanders had been formed, and transported with the rest of the British troops to … them finding themselves deceived, deserted with their arms and marched regularly homeward; but being overtaken by a … him, and which was lodged in the suttling house under the Tilt-yard coffee-house Whitehall; by some accident took fire: …
A New History of London
… his father. He dispatched letters to the mayor, sheriffs and commonalty of London, dated January 19, Anno Regni primo, … of the city, till the citizens could be brought to reason; and this convinced them of the danger of their intestine … 1329. The king in the year 1329, exhibited a solemn tournament, for the entertainment of the French ambassadors. …
A New History of London
… the beginning of the civil wars between the Houses of York and Lancaster. Edward III. was a prince of great abilities, and making due allowance for the unsettled maxims of … 1390. On this occasion, king Richard appointed a great tournament to be held at Smithfield, on the Sunday after …
A New History of London
… Book 1, Ch. 7 Henry VII and Henry VIII CHAP. VII. From the accession of Henry VII. to … finally decided the disputes between the houses of York and Lancaster, in which so much English blood had been shed. … the victorious representative of the house of Lancaster, and the male heirs of Edward IV. being now dead, he united …
A New History of London
… to Robert Fitz Richard son of Gilbert earl of Clare; and through him descended to Robert Fitz Walter, who in 1303 … Castle of Baynard, before Sir John Blunt, mayor of London; and swore upon the Evangelists, that he would be true to the liberties thereof, and maintain the same, to his power, and keep the counsel of …
A New History of London
… ward forms the western extremity of the city of London; and is bounded on the east by the ward of Farringdon-within, … of the late priory of St. Bartholomew near Smithfield, and the ward of Aldersgate; on the north, by the … 1231, and Gilbert Marshal, his brother, who was slain in a tournament at Hertford in 1241. The other effigies lie strait …
A New History of London
… of the City of Westminster Book IV. A Survey of the City and Liberties of Westminster. CHAP. I. General view, historical particulars, and civil government, of the city of Westminster. As this … family to sit in to view the justs and tournaments in the Tilt yard: contiguous to Whitehall gate he erected a tennis …
Calendar of Border Papers
… suspended to his comminge up, which I hoop is before this, and soe for my part that service determined without more adoe, and I pray God I may hear noe worse of it." For the other … our own so imperfect, and the opposites so unwilling to "tilt" in these causes, that I doubt being able to do much. I …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 18. 12. 3., and in the patronage of George Thornhill, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for 490, and the glebe comprises 126 acres. The church contains a … of mathematics at the University of Cambridge; he died and was buried here, in 1759. Boyatt BOYATT, a tything, in …