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A New History of London
… William was no sooner apprized of the city of London's submission, than he hastened his march thither; where he … fire laid it in ruins, together with the cathedral of St. Paul, in 1086; but, by the vigilance of Maurice, bishop … the reign of William the Conqueror, the parish church of St. Mary in Cheapside, was built; and being the first church …
A New History of London
… eldest princesses, to Guildhall on the next lord mayor's day: as also to desire permission for putting up the king … Frederic, who had hitherto resided in Hanover, arrived at St. James's; where he was waited on by the lord-mayor, and … the like cause, became a separate parish, by the name of St. George in the East 7; and, to connect matters so near in …
A New History of London
… the French court had meditated to make of the Pretender's claims, inspired his son with a resolution to make an … and a manifesto to be read in which the chevalier de St. George declared his son Charles, regent of his dominions, … in great hazard of his life: at length a privateer of St. Malo, hired by his friends, took him on board September …
A New History of London
… in the gulph of Mexico; and Canada, up the river St. Laurence; along the extensive sea coast between which lay … critical juncture the nation were averse to his majesty's going to Hanover; he set out however at the close of April, … into the rights of the city in the five great hospitals St. Bartholomew's, St. Thomas's, Bridewell, Bethlehem, and …
A New History of London
… of the former king. Immediately upon notice of the king's death, the privy council, with the lord-mayor of London, … had been demanded in marriage by our sovereign, arrived at St. James's palace, on the afternoon of September 8th, and … throng were so great, that the royal guests did not reach St. James's till two in the morning. The houses both in …
A New History of London
… additional seeds of discontent. The very day of lord Bute's appointment as first commissioner of the treasury, a … of Brunswic Lunenburg; in the great council chamber at St. James's, by the archbishop of Canterbury: her portion … See also 8 Geo. III. c. 21. 6 Geo. III. c. 24. For St. Leonard, Shoreditch, 8 Geo. III. c. 33. For St. Martin le …
A New History of London
… apprehended, in consequence of the verdict of the coroner's inquest on the body of George Clarke the person killed at … introduction of his own writing; in which the affair of St. George's-fields was termed an horrid massacre, and the … of the hearse was a painting of the murder of Allen in St. George's-fields, on the other, that of Clarke at …
A New History of London
… the year 1771. On July 14, a wardmote was held in Butcher's-hall, Pudding-lane, for the election of an alderman for … the prison to a piece of ground belonging to the city in St. George's-fields, Southwark: for placing the Fleet-market … presented on the 7th of November to the king at St. James's, and was honoured with just as much regard as had …
A New History of London
… from the payment of all toll or lastage in the king's dominions beyond sea: this charter cost the city 3000 … of this city remaining still in the crown, William de St. Michael paid to the king a fine of one hundred pounds for … 1210 summoned a parliament to meet him at his palace in St. Bride's parish, London; where he exacted of the clergy …
A New History of London
… by their own authority, without the sanction of the king's orders, or the consent of the community, by which means, … in the streets after the ringing of the coverfeu bell at St. Martin's-le-grand: that all vintners and victuallers were … custos of the city, A. D. 1295, disputed with the prior of St. Bartholomew's, concerning the profits arising from the …