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Survey of London
… Russia, then becoming the Clown of the Wells in honour of Grimaldi. 8 An advertisement of 1755 announced the opening of …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… Roger, clerk, of Taleton, at the request of Andrew Luke de Grimaldi and Gabriel, his son, to hold one benefice in …
Calendar of Papal Registers Relating to Great Britain and Ireland
… captured by the men of Isabel wife of Rayner de Grimaudo (Grimaldi), of the diocese of Nice, and are imprisoned in the …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Vatican Archives
… Ibid. f. 45. 19. News Letter. On Saturday last Mgr. Grimaldi departed for Civitavecchia, in company with whom …
Survey of London
… for Sadler's Wells, stoked by the popularity of Joseph Grimaldi, who 'transformed the clown from a rustic booby into … alone, and by the mid-1820s, with Dibdin departed and Grimaldi retired, Sadler's Wells was firmly set on a decline …
Old and New London
… VisitorsA Grub Street EulogyEighteenth Century AcrobatsJoe Grimaldi's FatherDogs that Deserved a Good NameTheatrical … for burlettas, musical interludes, and pantomimes. Here Grimaldi cracked his drollest jokes, and here the celebrated … or punch. A second pint cost one shilling. In 1763 Signor Grimaldi, Joe Grimaldi's father, first appeared as chief …
Survey of London
… over the bar in the nineteenth century, and the ubiquitous Grimaldi the clown. 11 102. Sir Hugh Myddelton's Head and … up in 18236, Charles Wilmot being the main developer. Grimaldi the clown lived at No. 23 in 182932. Green Terrace …
Calendar of State Papers, Spain
… ambassador has attached himself very strongly to Francisco Grimaldi, and to a servant of hers named Francisca de … brought into such a position with the merchant Francisco Grimaldi as she had been. For the ambassador was every day giving her to understand that Grimaldi wanted to go away and carry off the money provided …