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Old and New London
… Westminster Abbey The sanctuary and almonry CHAPTER LVII. THE SANCTUARY … PrinterCaxton's House near the Almonry. "Not far from the Abbey," writes Pennant, "stood the Sanctuary, the place of … the old Mint in Southwark; and the neighbourhood of the Abbey. "The general sanctuary afforded a refuge to those only …
Old and New London
… was so wearied with the pageant that he was borne from the Abbey exhausted on a litter), history first informs us that … date of April 21, 1661, after describing the scene in the Abbey at the coronation of Charles II., which we have quoted … the return of the King and his gorgeous cortge from the Abbey, and everything being in readiness in the Hall, "the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… divided tenurially in the 11th century between Westminster Abbey and the abbey of St. Denis in Paris, a division reflected by the … (lower division), 1845. The franchises of Westminster Abbey's liberty, in the part of Deerhurst hundred that later …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Westminster originated as the estates of Westminster Abbey within Deerhurst hundred. Deerhurst hundred in 1086 … Denis in Paris and St. Peter in Westminster, 1 Westminster Abbey got the whole of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Corse, 2 … monastery at Deerhurst had been subtracted. Westminster Abbey's part of Deerhurst hundred, which may have been …
Old and New London
… and Eton Boys"Fagging." Under the wing of almost every abbey and monastery in England there grew up a school for the … there would appear to have been a school attached to the Abbey of St. Peter's from its first foundation. Under the … in the Middle Ages, whenever a bishop's see or a large abbey was founded, a school for the instruction of boys in …
Old and New London
… lay in state previous to their removal to Westminster Abbey, where they were consigned to their tomb in the stately … she was buried with great pomp beside her lord in the Abbey, where there was formerly a waxen figure of her, after … with the Queen, Dickens was buried in Westminster Abbey. The "Board of Green Cloth," the head-quarters of which …
Old and New London
… matters. The city must have taken its name from the noble Abbey Church of St. Peter's, the "Minster" in the "West," as … raised it by royal letters patent into an "Honour." The Abbey Church being erected into a bishop's see in 1541, it of … first beginning as a place of importance, no doubt, to its Abbey, or Minster, already mentioned. The first historical …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… but already by 1579 the expression 'St. Peter's abbey, Westminster' is found, and this became the frequent … in this way in this volume. From 16 November 1645 the abbey was governed by a committee of Lords and Commons while … national sources: other canons were buried in Westminster abbey, and in only a relatively few cases has it been …
Old and New London
… thoroughfare between the regions of the Court and the Abbey. It runs parallel to its modern sister, Parliament … Palace, it was resolved to make a broader street to the Abbey, and in course of time Parliament Street was formed, as … were carried in state from King Street to Westminster Abbey, the expenses of the funeral being defrayed by the …
Old and New London
… whom it was named. He died in 1631, and was buried in the Abbey. At No. 18 in this street is the Royal Architectural … Peter Street bears the name of the patronsaint of the Abbey. Upon the front of a house in it might be seen the … He died in 1789, at a great age. To the south-west of the Abbey is a district, between Great Smith Street and Victoria …