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Calendar of Home Office Papers (George III)
… 17716, p. 246. 1121. John Pownall to the Committee of Merchants Trading to Africa. To send instructions to their … of a court-martial on Cornet and Adjutant Thomas Henry Mann, of the 9th Dragoons, for disrespectful behaviour … a hairdresser of this place, and one James Livingstone, son of an Albany Dutchman, who resided long in Montreal. It …
A Dictionary of London
… - Gingerbread Alley, Court George's (St.) Avenue East out of Aldermanbury at No. 22 (P.O. Directory). In Cripplegate … First mention : L.C.C. List, 1901. Occupies the site of George Hotel, Inn, Aldermanbury (q.v.) and Young's … lands given to the brotherhood of St. Giles, founded by Henry V. for relief of the poor (S. 303), the house being …
A History of the County of Essex
… HISTORY The bay industry, well known for the quality of its products, was vulnerable in the 18th century to … where he employed weavers who paid rent to him, and his son-in-law Thomas Boggis (d. 1790). Thomas's brother Isaac … there. 10 Merchants such as John Blatch, George Gray, Henry Walker, John Savill, Daniel Blyth, and John Baker and …
A History of the County of Essex
… the period by improved communications, by the consequences of agricultural change in the surrounding rural area and of … The Rights of Man was considered subversive however, and Richard Patmore, a baymaker, was indicted in 1793 for … history of Colchester and also of Essex; Thomas Twining, son of the tea-dealer and well known as a translator of …
A History of the County of Essex
… Georgian Colchester Topography TOPOGRAPHY The migration of c. 100 weavers from the town before 1715 and a high death … more were demolished, including many in the parishes of St. Peter and St. Giles, where weavers were numerous. 97 … house. It was probably designed by James Deane, for Dr. Richard Daniell who laid out gardens behind it. 37 Away from …
A History of the County of Essex
… THE town was governed by an assembly under charters of 1693, 1763, and 1818. 5 The charter of 1693 became … Charles Gray, Samuel Ennew, William Mayhew, father and son, William Mason, 30 and Francis Smythies, father and son, … relations by marriage, Matthew Martin, Robert Price, and Richard Bacon, became mayor and high steward, recorder, and …
Survey of London
… in Gerrard Street was granted by Barbon in 1678 for a term of fifty-one years. It was granted to William Gillingham of … and friend of Dryden; No. 42, Colonel Brett, 171113, ? Henry Brett, colonel, who in 1700 married Ann, the divorced … as stated in the Dictionary of National Biography). His son Henry occupied the house after his father's death in …
Survey of London
… The Military Ground This chapter deals with the area south of Shaftesbury Avenue which at the time of its development in … confusion may account for the false tradition that Prince Henry, the eldest son of James I, founded the Military Company. An old member …
Survey of London
… Ground King Street King Street Until the formation of Shaftesbury Avenue in 18836 part of its course was … on the south side of the street. In a lawsuit of 1689/90 Richard Poycke of St. Anne's, bricklayer, related that some … Jacob More, painter, 1771; F. M. Piper, architect, 1780; Henry Spicer, enamel painter, 1777. 30 Car. II, c. 7, …
Survey of London
… Macclesfield Street derives its name from the earldom of Charles, Lord Gerard. It first appears in the ratebooks in … catalogues: William Birch, enamel painter, 1792, 1794; Richard Dagley, painter, 1798; G. Farington, painter, 1782; … 17851793, 1806; Daniel O'Keefe, miniature painter, 17823; Henry Ross, miniature painter, 1814; Mrs. Henry Ross …