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A History of the County of Oxford
… Geof. Slyngar ( c. 1556-9), Rob. Duccurth (1552), John Burnet ( c. 1597-1602): O.R.O., MSS. Wills Oxon. 180, ff. …
Old and New London
… fashionable, it is nothing remarkable to find Evelyn and Burnet and Dryden residing within its bounds; but there is …
Old and New London
… of Sir Cloudesley Shovel lay in state in 1707. Bishop Burnet, the historian, lived in Soho Square before his …
Survey of London
… for some of these years the house was occupied by Gilbert Burnet, the historian and Bishop of Salisbury. In January … previously occupied in St. James's Palace 186 and in 1703 Burnet and the Earl of Berkeley (with whose family the former … ratebooks for No. 26. 187 It is also known that Bishop Burnet was living in the square, though not necessarily in …
Old and New London
… by either the Church, or the people, or the poor. Bishop Burnet, alluding to the Protector's rapacity, admits that … his usual wit, refused to listen to the charge, telling Burnet that though "she was a weak woman, and had some …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… broad clover, rye-grass, trefoil, sainfoin, and lucern. Burnet forms a large portion of the herbage of the downs; a …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… 2,016, f. 192, v. B. M. Add. 28,582 f. 132. Published in Burnet's History of the Reformation, vol. vi., p. 41, as well …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… 6 February to the effect stated in the above letter. See Burnet, and Heylin. This was Peter Martyr. Bernardino …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… her botanical collection, 653 and working with her needle. Burnet says 'she wrought with her own hands-sometimes with so … 680 Many of the intrigues and interviews described by Burnet took place no doubt at Hampton Court. 681 The king … Acts of P.C. 1547-50, p. 330 et seq. 'Council Register.' Burnet, Hist. of Reform. ii (2), 12; cit. Law, Hist. Hampton …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are red clover, white clover, trefoil, and rye-grass; burnet and ribgrass are also sown in considerable quantities. …