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A Dictionary of London
… boundary of the City's liberties outside the walls and were at the junction of Aldgate High Street, Whitechapel High … (Middlesex Street). They are shown in Agas' map, 1561, and were taken down during the 18th century. Whitechapel Church … individuals, the church and house fell into disrepair and were pulled down, or rebuilt, so that within a comparatively …
Old and New London
… by builders. The inhabitants of this parish, says Strype, were anciently bound, annually, at the feast of Pentecost, to … of which this parish being a part, the inhabitants were obliged to repair annually to St. Peter's, as they … divers' others on the west side of the City of London, were appointed to be paved by an Act of Parliament, in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but this sum being found insufficient, the trustees were empowered to borrow 180,000 to complete the undertaking. …
Old and New London
… might con their missals. Bouverie Street and Ram Alley were then part of their domain, and there they watched the … Bishop of Hereford added a steeple. In time, greedy hands were laid roughly on cope and chalice, and Henry VIII., … Bouverie Street). Sirens and Dulcineas of all descriptions were ever apt to gather round monasteries. Whitefriars, …
A Dictionary of London
… poor men. Suppressed Ed. VI. The Almshouses remained and were supported by the Mercers' Company (S. 244). Ordinances … set out in Strype, ed. 1720, I. iii. 4. The almshouses were removed to Highgate in 1808 and Mercers' School erected …
Survey of London
… 1676 respectively, and the buildings erected by the former were of an entirely different lay-out from the older ones … plans is irresistible. Whether all or any of the latter were made direct from Greatorex's survey is doubtful. A was … date suggest that the latter was the case. When B and C were made, and whether they were drawn from the original …
Survey of London
… the smith, the glazier and others at daily wages, who were unpaid for work at Esher and York Place. He was unable … that the works referred to in the privy purse expenses were in continuation of those set on foot by Wolsey. The King's plans were, however, by no means limited to such rebuilding and …
Old and New London
… than to be beneath it. Extreme ignorance and frivolity were thought less unbecoming in a lady than the slightest … we still admire on the walls of Hampton Court few indeed were in the habit of reading anything more valuable than … was assigned, including a company of young noblemen who were placed in his household in order to receive a polite …
Old and New London
… in order that he might judge whether or not the elements were favourable to his enemies. Whitehall Palace, … of forcing his taste on a reluctant architect." There were two "cock-pits" in the neighbourhood of this palace; the … Pembroke, one of two brothers to whom Shakespeare's Works were dedicated, held the Cock-pit apartments at Whitehall …
Old and New London
… adjoining Whitehall Palace on the south and south-west were laid out in terraces, square and formal in plan, and … times, with statues of marble and bronze, many of which were subsequently removed to Hampton Court. "In the Privy … sun's shadow made visible to the eye." Among the pictures were portraits of the King, the two Queens, the Duke of York, …