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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Saturday, for the despatch of business. By the act 2nd of William IV., cap. 45, the town was constituted a borough, … Ada, widow of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and mother of William the Lion, King of Scotland, made a grant of it in … valued in the king's books at 8, and in the patronage of William Ord, Esq., owner of the parish: the tithes have been …
Old and New London
… get into all depths of low mischief. Finally, when old Sir William Belfond, the severe old country gentleman, comes to … the Templars can gather, they are about to drag old Sir William under the pump, when the worthy son comes to the … and great was the thundering of red-heeled shoes. King William probably agreed with Shadwell, for at the latter end …
Survey of London
… and the divorced Countess of Essex. 2nd May, 1641. William (afterwards Prince of Orange) and Mary, daughter of … as well as with the terrace formed in the time of William and Mary. From the beginning there were two sets of … of the masque Britannia Triumphans, by Inigo Jones and William Davenant. 112 The building lasted until 1645, when …
Survey of London
… Betwene the pale & wharf lately lett to Ferme unto one William Hawkyns agaynst the Sowth & the comon dyche callyd … On the following day the Crown of England was offered to William and Mary in the Banqueting House (see p. 137), and … heralds at the Court Gate. Whitehall was not favoured by William as a residence. Its low and damp situation ill suited …
Old and New London
… Nathaniel Wraxall, the late Duke of Buckingham, and Lord William Lennox. Nothing can be further from our purpose than … of London, where some believe Julius Csar lodged, and William the Conqueror; in the Old Jewry, where Henry VI.; … in one of Butler's poems "Squire Dun"), Gregory Brandon, William Walker, Richard Brandon, Hugh Peters, Colonel Joyce, …
Old and New London
… Gardens were very fashionable residences in the reign of William IV. In 1835, No. 1, the present home of the National … or Portland Vase, purchased by the Duchess from Sir William Hamilton for 1,800 guineas, and subsequently … made here; Richard Cosway, the miniature painter, and William Parrs, whose productions figured on the walls at the …
Old and New London
… of associations with our kings, from Henry VIII. to William III., "were sold to repair the high roads." Mr. J. T. … down of this latter gate it was begged and obtained by William, Duke of Cumberland, son of George II., and then … the Queen's Chapel here, we are told, was removed by Sir William Chambers to his residence at Whitton, near Hounslow, …
Old and New London
… on the site of Wallingford House, a fine mansion, built by William, Lord Knollys, Viscount Wallingford, and Earl of … Wallingford House was purchased in the reign of William III., and appointed for the Admiralty Office, which … scientific researches of Sir Charles Wheatstone and of Sir William Fothergill Cooke? The interior of the Admiralty, …
Magna Britannia
… with remainder to the heirs male of the late Rev. Sir William Lowther, of Swillington, Bart. The Earl dying without … 1802 was succeeded in the title of Viscount Lowther by Sir William Lowther, Bart. (eldest son of Sir William above-mentioned) to whom he bequeathed almost the …