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A Survey of London
… finished of his goods whatsoeuer it cost. Parish church of S. Magnus. On the East side of this Bridge warde, haue yee the fayre Parrish Church of S. Magnus, in the which church haue beene buried many men of … Vp higher on this hill, is the parrish Church of Saint Leonard Milke Churche, so termed of one William Melker, an …
A Dictionary of London
… Aldersgate Ward Without (P.O. Directory). First mention: O.S. 1875. In Rocque the site is occupied by White Horse Yard … (La) Rents out of "la Briggehuthe" in parish of St. Margaret de Lotheburi, 1282-3 (Ct. H.W. I. 62). Dr. … Street" in Hatton, 1708. Site seems now to be occupied by St. Andrew's Wharf. Not to be confused with Bristow Street …
A History of the County of Somerset
… was marked by the northern edge of the former Queen's wood. 65 West Bower, beyond Durleigh to the west, was … the town from 1286 there was a causeway running north from St. John's hospital to the Poldens 74 and indulgences were … as the south-eastern corner of the churchyard, marked by St. Mary's Cross. 39 The name Cornchepyng or the Cornhill was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Bridgwater Borough BOROUGH. King John's charter to William Brewer in 1200 declared Bridgwater to be … of courts. 7 In 1468, allegedly because of the town's decline, the Crown granted a charter which incorporated the … 1672, 1968, 2049, 2119; M. Whitfeld, In Praise of Bratton St. Maur (1974), 48, 52, 55. S.R.O., D/B/bw 198, 1854, 1871, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… son of William Harvey of Bridgwater, a lawyer. 68 Henry's son Henry died in 1671, and the castle passed first to his … was among the churches appropriated to the newly founded St. John's hospital in Bridgwater. 99 It was dedicated to St. Mark, and in 1535 a priest celebrated there three times a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… repairs, and from 1546 it received a small sum, later 5 s., from a tenement and garden given by John Bentley. 64 In … was used for sermons on Ash Wednesday and Ascension Day at St. Mary's church, a bread distribution, and the general … a rent charge of £5 4 s., was administered by the vicar of St. Mary's in place of bread doles on Sunday mornings. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1156 by Pope Adrian IV. 36 Probably in the 1180s Walter's great-grandson Fulk Pagnell granted the church, then in his … the church to William Brewer's newly founded hospital of St. John in Bridgwater in return for a pension of £4 13 s. 4 … of Chilton Trinity. 45 The parishes of Holy Trinity, St. John, and St. Francis were formed from St. Mary's parish …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cash in lieu of works from customary tenants were worth 20 s. in 1249, 34 s. from 8 customary tenants in 1282, and 19 s. … the arable demesne field of Eastover, was pasture 23 and St. John's hospital's adjoining Hundred Acres was divided … has been found. 58 A horse mill formerly belonging to St. John's hospital was sold by the Crown in 1544 to Sir John …
A History of the County of Somerset
… seven of his poor pupils to receive daily pittances at St. John's hospital, where a further 13 schoolchildren lived on the … of 154. 18 From 1937 the school, by then usually known as St. Mary's C. of E. school, took infants and juniors only and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the borough and from Haygrove; in 1256-7 the income was 32 s. 11 d. from the borough and 13 s. 2 d. from Haygrove. 89 In … in 1378 94 and continued into the 18th century. During St. Matthew's fair seven men were accused in 1735 of failing … 'franchises' beyond the east gate formerly belonging to St. John's hospital. 29 The court, in practice often held …