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Records of the Worshipful Company of Carpenters
… Henrico williams de Grubstreete pro 7 ann a die dat [The apprentice is gone from his m rs service & so not have … 4 Josephus wassborne filius Josephi wasseborne de le vele of Easum in Com wigornie agr. po: se appren waltero Jefferies …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 1 Situation and general view of London BOOK II. Containing a Survey of the City of London; with Descriptions of the Public … In 1744, St. Matthew Bethnal Green. Such is briefly the history of the Bills of Mortality as given by Dr. Birch; and …
A New History of London
… its name from London bridge which forms a part of it; and when the bridge was lined with houses on each side, three of the … architect of that age; as has been mentioned in the history 1. To what is there said descriptive of London bridge …
A New History of London
… denominated from Broad-street, a principal street in it, and so distinguished before the great fire of London, as being one of the widest streets … The inside is furnished with tapestry, containing the history of their patron, John Baptist, and though these …
A New History of London
… as it is found in ancient records, takes its name from the street now called Cannon-street; formerly chiefly inhabited by candle-wrights, or makers of tallow and wax candles; a very profitable business in popish times … but that noble repository of every thing relating to the history of mankind, the British Museum, at last afforded …
A New History of London
… Ch. 14 Castle Baynard ward CHAP. XIV. Castle-Baynard ward. History of Baynards castle. This ward derives its name from an antient castle built on the bank of the Thames by a Norman baron of the name of … to Robert Fitz Richard son of Gilbert earl of Clare; and through him descended to Robert Fitz Walter, who in 1303 …
A New History of London
… of civil government CHAP. II. Containing a summary view of the civil government of the city of London. From the particulars contained in the preceding history, and from the charters and other public acts in the Appendix, …
A New History of London
… 2, Ch. 20 Dowgate Ward CHAP. XX. Dowgate-ward. Boundaries. The name of this ward is derived from Dowgate, one of the … on the south by the river Thames; on the east by Bridge and Candlewick-wards; on the north by Wallbrook-ward; and on … or Steelyard, so often mentioned in the preceding history as being the place originally allotted to the …
A New History of London
… Book 2, Ch. 21 Farringdon Ward Within CHAP. XXI. The ward of Farringdon-within. Boundaries. This ward with … London; as did John his son, to William Farendon, citizen and goldsmith in 1279: under whom and his son Nicholas, who … have already been noticed in the early part of this history 7; the original foundation of the old church appeared …
A New History of London
… Langbourn Ward CHAP XXIII. Langbourn ward. Derivation of the name. Near Magpie-alley adjoining to the church of St. … a rivulet or bourn, which ran down the street westward, and through Lombard-street as far as the church of St. Mary … king Edmund, murdered by the Danes in 870; and though the history of its foundation has not been handed down with any …