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Old and New London
… Services. Other cathedrals may surpass the Abbey of St. Peter's, Westminster, by the grandeur of their architecture; … covers the ashes of Lords Howe and Ligonier, Admiral Sir Peter Warren, Admiral Sir Cloudesley Shovel, … mosaic; around it are the figures of St. Paul, St. Peter, and the four Evangelists, and in front, in a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… between the abbeys of St. Denis in Paris and St. Peter in Westminster, 1 Westminster Abbey got the whole of …
Old and New London
… appear to have been a school attached to the Abbey of St. Peter's from its first foundation. Under the system which … and Westminster. Accordingly we find that the Abbey of St. Peter's had not been very long in existence before provision … it has borne ever since, of the 'Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster.'" Henceforth the institution became, …
Old and New London
… have taken its name from the noble Abbey Church of St. Peter's, the "Minster" in the "West," as doubtless it was … erected on its site a church which he dedicated to St. Peter. As Ethelbert died in A.D. 606, and Sebert followed him … both Sebert and his wife were buried in the Church of St. Peter in the Island of Thorney. Some writers have sought to …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… 31 Hen. VIII c. 9, when the former monastery of St. Peter, Westminster, was reconstituted as a cathedral church, … I founded 'the college or collegiate church of St. Peter, Westminster ... on the site of the monastery of … cathedral' was replaced by 'the collegiate church St. Peter, Westminster', but already by 1579 the expression 'St. …
Old and New London
… Sheridan was removed from Savile Row to the house of Peter Moore, Esq., in this street, whence it was carried to … of the well, it is said, is a black marble image of St. Peter, and some marble steps. The southern extremity of this …
Old and New London
… StreetRoyal Architectural MuseumA Cock-pitGreat Peter StreetSt. Matthew's ChurchThe Residence of Colonel … long after that near St. James's Park was deserted. Great Peter Street bears the name of the patronsaint of the Abbey. … seen the following inscription, rudely cut: "This is Sant Peter Street, 1624. R. [a heart] W." In this street is the …
Old and New London
… descry; The choicest things that furnish'd Noah's ark, Or Peter's sheet, inhabiting this park, All with a border of …
Old and New London
… granted by Henry III. to the Abbot and Canons of St. Peter's Church. From the same authority we learn that the … here on account of the vicinity of the Abbey, of which St. Peter was the patron, for in the Middle Ages a cock crowing … the one side was written: "When the cock began to crow St. Peter began to cry." On the reverse: "The cock does not crow …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… to sir William Meringe, his sisters son, and he sold it to Peter Roos of Laxton, whose unthristy son Gilbert Roos, sold …