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A History of the County of London
… Friars came to London in the lifetime of St. Francis, the Black Friars had already settled in Holborn, and during the …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… monastery. This she did, and placed here the Dominican or Black Friars, with William Perrin as prior, their own house … of Great St. Bartlemewes, in Smythfeilde, was sett up with black friers; Fryer Perwyn beinge head thereof.' The convent … Perrin associated with the brethren of the Dominicans or Black Friars at Oxford and became a zealous member of their …
Old and New London
… at this period as being "an old woman with bare neck, black teeth, and false red hair." The river and the … at the evident shrinking of his visitor from the long black box in which, as he rolls up his sleeves, he tells him … to contain 100 lb. each. These bags went by the name of 'black strap,' having been previously dyed black to prevent …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… in 1653, permitted a ballast-shore to be erected between Black-Points and Jarrow-Pans. Previous to this, the dean and … of the river. In 1706, it was in agitation to remove "the Black Middens;" and, in 1723, it was stated that, during the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Spitell, tenements called Tawneys, le Whitehorse, the Black Egyll, the Saracen's hed, the Ram, le Ledenporche, le … directly to a well-proportioned staircase hall with a black and white stone pavement; the stairs have a central and … and pilasters, approached from the terrace level by black marble steps. Both transepts and porch have low-pitched …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… They are very much worn and are incised with small black-letter inscriptions, now almost illegible. The upper … is set between two three-quarter Doric columns of black marble with white marble capitals and bases supporting … On the west wall of the north entrance vestibule is a black and white marble tablet to Rebecca youngest daughter of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of pontage, 50 but little else. The havoc caused by the Black Death can only be conjectured from the evidence of the …
Survey of London
… The whole resting on a moulded plinth and a plain block of black marble with moulded base of white marble. The tablet … of white marble, the column, frieze and tympanum are of black (Plates 57 and 58). The arms occur again on a cartouche … extinguishing the torch of life, against a background of black marble. Beneath the base two shell ornaments each …
Old and New London
… the searcher at Gravelines with new year presents of black velvet and black cloth. About the time of the Queen's marriage to Philip … pavement of the ambulatory is panelled and bordered with black stone, and squares of red granite at the intersections. …