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The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… Agar was sentenced to transportation for life for forgery, and turned evidence against his accomplices in the bullion … in 1866. Anderson, John Henry (1814 1874) Popular conjuror and magician, who originated the trick of pulling a rabbit … from a top hat. Anelay, Henry (1817 1883) Draughtsman and landscape painter who lived at Eyre Cottage, Blackheath; …
Survey of London
… reflects the fact that the most prominent makers lived and worked in Soho, or in areas adjacent to it. The history … of tapestry weaving in this period is, however, obscure, and it is difficult to distinguish the products of the … majority of these tapestries were imported from Flanders and France, English manufacture was still fairly active, and …
The Estate and Household Accounts of William Worsley, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, 1479-1497
… accounts. It is not intended to give full biographies, and where published biographies are available elsewhere, only the briefest of details have been given and reference has been made to the relevant published works. … period, including a clergyman alive in Henry VIII's reign and a London baker. 14 However, the Dean's farmer was …
Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors
… I. Appendix A (1). Extract from "Chronicles of The Mayors And Sheriffs of London" (Translated By H. T. Riley, Esq., … arose between certain of the craft of the Goldsmiths and certain of the craft of the Tailors; to whom adhered on the one side and the other, some of the trade of the parmenters 1 and some …
Survey of London Monograph
… We begin the pedigree with Richard Sprignell, citizen and barber, who died 6 Dec. 1603, whose only son Robert … who was admitted to the Barber-Surgeons' Company in 1523, and that this Robert (whom we will call Robert No. 1) was the … No. 2, however, was the only son of Richard Sprignell and we can only surmise that if the earlier names can be …
Memorials of the Guild of Merchant Taylors
… 53 s. 4 d. To his butler, 20 d. "3 Henry V. To the Mayor and his wife, 12 yards of green cloth at 6 s. 8 d." In some years the Mayor is allowed a gown and hood, in others a hood alone, in others no allowance. … on the Mayor. Allowances of cloth to the serjeant and swordbearer of the Mayor (sometimes this is a money …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… the Honourable the House of Commons by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the several Parishes throughout England upon Oath of various Receipts and Expenditures respecting the poor of the said several … is ordered by the Vestry that a copy of Requisitions and the Returns made thereto respecting the parish be …
The Environs of London
… Grove-hill. A descriptive account of Dr. Lettsom's house and gardens at Grove-hill, in this parish, has been published … a Horticultural Sketch." The gardens contain a large and valuable collection of European and American plants. In … 41l. 10s. (lands, and interest of money), Education and apprenticing of children. 1739. John Tyffin, 1648. Elizabeth …
Journal of the House of Lords
… the Chair. The Reverend John Thomas Becher is called in, and further examined as follows: Can it be humane or politic … as we have Land at Home which is capable of being improved and made more productive? [312] In regard to this as well as … to it by an injurious Superabundance of Population; and no Inhabitant would be aided to remove unless when the …
Journal of the House of Lords
… of Salisbury in the Chair. John Grey Esquire is called in, and examined as follows: Where do you reside? At Milfield … them constantly under my Eye, both as an Occupier of Land and as a Magistrate. Are you acquainted with the State of … and Weavers, and some Persons who get Settlements from Apprenticeships; and some few Widows, perhaps, of the …