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Survey of London
… works of Sir Christopher Wren. The opportunity was a great one; the site lent itself to a noble and generous … carvings representing military emblems alternating with I.R. surmounted by a crown and surrounded by foliage. The … The whole building was practically re-roofed by Vardy in 1758, and the chimney stacks were also re-built. The …
Survey of London
… Hon. Frederick, Earl Beauchamp (5th Aug., 1886). Rt. Hon. A. W. B. C. Earl Brownlow (6th June, 1887). Rt. Hon. V. A. G. … (1st Oct., 1693). JOHN ARBUTHNOT (24th Nov., 1712). F.R.S., 1704; Physician-in-Ordinary to Queen Anne, 1709; formed … 1753). Buried at R.H., Chelsea, 29th November, 1755. JOHN VARDY (13th Feb., 1756). Clerk of Works, Horse Guards, 1751, …
Survey of London
… one of the favourite pastimes of royalty and the nobility. A great deal of the danger of this martial sport had, … (see above) under the authorship of William Kent and John Vardy, these two architects being generally regarded as … in the frieze, which bear alternately the initials "G.R." and the date "1759" below a royal crown. The wall …
Survey of London
… floors raised five steps above street level. There was a common cornice, and a bandcourse and stringcourse of stone … in disposing of the house, but in 1919 it was taken by R. O. Hambro, who made minor additions. 176 Occupants … Barlow; carpenter, George Shakespear; carver, Thomas Vardy; glazier, William Cobbett; mason, Thomas Langstaff; …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… list furniture provided for St James's Palace, including a range of deal presses costing 32 8s, two folding deal … of Cabinet Maker in ordinary to His Ma ty in 1683. [R. W. Symonds, Furniture Making in 17th and 18th Century … for 200. [GL, Sun MS vol. 245, p. 512; vol. 262, p. 422] Vardy (or Vardie), Thomas, London, carver (175188). Recorded …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the town before the 16th century. 73 John Eyre, a Warminster clothier, bought wool worth £67 from John Thynne … 98 There was a printer in Warminster in 1798. 99 J. L. Vardy was in the business there by 1822-3; 1 a successor, R. E. Vardy, began the first local newspaper in 1854. This …
Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers
… present session for raising 1,800,000 l. by annuities and a lottery. 1 page. Treasury Board Papers CCCXIII. No. 29. J. … General and Officers of the Board of Works. For John Vardy, clerk of the works at Greenwich, to take care of the … King from the Royal Africa Company of England, signed by R. Spence, Secretary to said Company. For the issue of the …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William III
… willing to surrender his grant. The petitioner prays for a grant of the office. Referred to the Council of Trade. [ … assisted Walter Beedon in the seizure of the woolfels in Vardy's house. I suppose they exceeded their authority. If … family, and for other reasons. French, 1 p., endorsed, R. 4 May, 99, about Lloyd. [ S.P. 63. 360. ff. 701.] April …