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Old and New London
… close to which was an old staircase, used, no doubt, by Elizabeth and her courtiers on State occasions, and leading … placed on the side of the apartments so called erected by Elizabeth, was begun in 1619, and finished in two years. It … or "mandate," whence the day has its name. Queen Elizabeth performed this ceremony at her palace at Greenwich; …
Magna Britannia
… several good family portraits. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth there was only a small fishing village at …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… and went out, cut up wood and cut out overlays. No news. Elizabeth's birthday. Showery. 13. Went on with 'Wash stand,' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… contains some handsome monuments, and a very ancient font. Elizabeth Prowse, in 1810, bequeathed a share in the Grand …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Hosier died in 1750, Wicken passed to his granddaughter Elizabeth and her husband Thomas Prowse, an amateur architect … Wicken passed from Thomas Prowse's widow to their daughter Elizabeth, on whose death in 1810 it once again became part … John Lewknor, John's son Henry de Dive, and Henry's wife Elizabeth, Sir John's daughter. 63 The feoffees held half a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1860 settled it upon the marriage of their only child, Elizabeth Julia (d. 1902) to (Lord) Henry Fitzwarrine … the estate was transferred from Sir William to his sister Elizabeth's husband Henry Cromwell, lately governor of … 16 and died in 1674, leaving his estates to his widow Elizabeth (d. 1687). Their eldest surviving son and heir …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the famous admiral, Sir John Hawkins, in the reign of Elizabeth, to the hospital for distressed mariners founded by … amounting to 30 per annum, are distributed among the poor. Elizabeth Chinery, by will in 1818, gave 250 three per … and impropriation belong to Mrs. Cholmondeley, Mrs. Elizabeth Darby, and Mrs. Mary Kett: the great tithes have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Lancaster, who carried it into the crown. In the 9th of Elizabeth, Francis Alforde claimed the manor by grant from …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Gloucester Hall 10 July, 1582, made doctor bullatus by Q. Elizabeth's diploma, and ambassador to Muscovy. See Robinson, … 17 March, 1571-2; canon of Canterbury 1550, chaplain to Q. Elizabeth and to archbishop Parker, rector of Bishopsbourne, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dated 1772 and inscribed with the initials EW, 28 for Elizabeth Wellington. The plate was claimed as an heirloom by …