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Old and New London
… Our great Cathedral fane in silence bound." Whitehead's "Legends of London." Etymology of WestminsterA Startling … were then sung, and a sermon preached by the Bishop of Rochester. It rested all night in the church. On the …
Old and New London
… gods, like mortals there they sleep; Making the circle of their reign complete, Those suns of empire, where they … pageantry. At the opening of the ceremony one of William's prelates, Geoffrey, the Bishop of Coutances, asked the … lay aside his crown? The Archbishop asked the Bishop of Rochester, but neither of them could say what had been the …
Old and New London
… The church building CHAPTER LI. WESTMINSTER ABBEY.A SURVEY OF THE BUILDING. "How reverend is the face of all this pile, … ChurchDimensions of the BuildingThe West Front and Wren's Gothic TowersThe North Transept and "Solomon's Porch"The … in designing, for in a letter to Dr. Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester, he says, "I shall speedily prepare draughts and …
Old and New London
… HALL.INCIDENTS IN ITS PAST HISTORY. " The Great Hall of Westminster, the field Where mutual frauds are fought, and … side yield." Ben Jonson. Law Students residing in the King's CourtThe Hall built by William RufusThe Poor regaled here … Westminster Hall, in the person of John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester, who had inflexibly opposed the divorce of the …
Old and New London
… EdgithaA Monastic School in the "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by Queen … by the Chapter to George I., running thus: "The Bishop of Rochester, Dean of Westminster, and the Chapter of that …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… ten years. Henry VIII established it by letters patent of 17 December 1540, in accordance with the statute 31 Hen. … 1542. 2 The deanery and all the prebends were in the king's gift. In 1550 the diocese of Westminster was reunited with … 10 For 140 years, from 1666 to 1802, the bishops of Rochester held the deanery of Westminster, as the income from …
Old and New London
… Residents in King StreetOliver Cromwell's MotherA Strange Incident in the Life of CromwellKing Charles on his Way to his TrialThe … down in 1723, was occupied at one time by the Earl of Rochester. Part of the land in King Street, extending as far …
Old and New London
… are altered." Goldsmith. Great Smith StreetSt. Margaret's and St. John's Free Public LibraryPublic Baths and … Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence of Colonel BloodSt. Anne's LaneOld and New Pye … Hence Sir Charles Sedley, in his epigram on a cock at Rochester, prays: "May'st thou be punished for St. Peter's …
Old and New London
… For courtly joust or tourney brave." Cavalier Song. Origin of the Word "Tothill"Punishment of NecromancersGrant of a … Fields in the time of Charles I.Westminster FairSt. Edward's FairTothill StreetStrutton GroundSouthern, the Dramatic … and a fair every year for three days. The fair was held in Rochester Row, in the space between Emery Hill's Almshouses …
Survey of London
… about 1665, and has left his impressions on record. One of the places that he visited was Whitehall. He specially … appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building operations of that monarch no doubt … of James I. 26th December, 1613. Robert Carr, Viscount Rochester (afterwards Earl of Somerset), and the divorced …