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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… ANNO 5 EDWARD VI. Monday next before F. of SS. Tiburcius and Valerian [14 April]. Hill 1 (Sir Rowlande), Knt., … Directions for the establishment of a school in his town and manor of Drayton in Hales, co. Salop, 2 in a hall of a … John Robyns his factor in Andolozea a gown and a ring of gold with his name graven in it. To the Company of Drapers he …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Evangelist [18 Oct.]. Newman (John), grocer.To the Mayor and Commonalty and citizens of London and their successors a … parish of S. Mary Bow, his apparel, and "sealed ring" of gold engraved with his arms. Also to his aforesaid wife his … to her goddaughter Margaret Ireland two "Carcanettes" of gold, the one weighing two ounces and a half "lacke penny …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Thomasyne his wife. To Walter his brother forty shillings and all his raiment. To his "vyse" 2 Jane Artur a certain sum … To his cousin Thomas Lee, vintner, he leaves his chain of gold, weighing eight ounces and valued at thirty pounds, so … Humfrey Frithe his sword and an angel noble of gold. To John Transfelde his gown furred with "conye." To …
Survey of London
… centred on Wilmington Square, lies between Amwell Street and Farringdon Road to the east and west, and Lloyd Baker … the first resident of No. 32, and Samuel Cuendet, a Swiss gold-watchcase maker, had No. 9 from the 1830s to the 1850s. … French immigrants and, by contrast, Horatio W. Nelson, a gold-chain maker, who had been born in Southwark c. 1820, at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, … the Romans, and fragments of sculpture, daggers, shields, gold and silver ornaments, and a great variety of other …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the … feast of the Ascension in addition to various cloths of gold and silk, some 500 ells of 'tele de Wilton'. 19 When the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the S.E., north-westwards to Cranborne Chase. The central and northern parts of the area, on Chalk, are drained by the headwaters of the R. Allen and the R. Crane which flow through broad, open valleys between 400 ft. and 180 ft. above O.D.; the S.E. part, a well-wooded …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … third window, (3) fragments include architectural designs, gold crowns and the head of a king, crowned and holding a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land consisting of isolated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a … the curtains and cushions are of blue velvet with gold fringe, and on the canopies of the several stalls are …