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Survey of London
… that they stole two altar cloths, a surplice and "grayle," i.e. a book of antiphons. The Vicar replied that they were … been added by encroachment on Highgate Green. In 1670 Edward Cutler, gentleman, who then owned the Gatehouse, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… apparently to half the profits of each master, salva sede (i.e. office) propria vice-monitoris, 4 was a new plan in … Nicholas de Thingewick, the much esteemed physician of Edward I. He is known to have had Tingewick Hall from 1302, 5 … de Schidyard. The former taught grammar in the time of Edward I at Hambury Hall, which was once on the site of …
Survey of London
… parish (see below), and the French congregation removed to Edward (now Broadwick) Street, St. James's, in 1822, when it … of S r Edmondbury Godfrey Knt, 1679 (B.M. pressmark 6495. i. 12); Miles Prance, A True Narrative and Discovery of . . . … Legal and Parliamentary Dept., deeds. Ibid.; The Morning Post, 23 March 1850. Guildhall Library, MS. 9531/31, pp. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… for he says of the inhabitants 'they possessed a vivacity I had never beheld.' 6 But his statement that 'a town without … borough, with 95.9 persons per acre. Slum-clearance and post-war rebuilding had changed the position by 1951, when … Almshouses. 24. Site of Bluecoat School. 25. Site of King Edward VI School. 26. Queen's College Chambers. 27. Public …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… are posts standing on stone corbels; at the foot of each post is a half-figure bearing a shield. The main timbers of …
Survey of London
… over three generations at the hands of James Gunter I, the Berkeley Square confectioner (died 1819), his son … area's pristine period but not very dramatically. The 1913 Post Office Directory suggests an area still perfectly … P.R.O., C54/4775, no. 17; C54/4663, no. 32. London Evening Post, 27/30 May 1738 (advert.). P.R.O., C7/615/40. Ibid., …
Survey of London
… Town, to Mawrice Tresham of the Middle Temple, esquire, Edward Montague of Boughton, Northamptonshire, esquire, and … eventually to the Earl's son, George, and from him to Edward Montague of Horton, Northamptonshire, the two … Hans Jacobson, a Dutchman, King James's Jeweller, wherein I was born. But, after French Protestants, that in the said …
Survey of London
… were said to have been lately erected on seven acres [i.e. on the seven acre field] near the Pindar of Wakefield, … Lucas, widow, of Dalston in 1820. 66 In the Penny London Post of 7th June, 1749, is a record of an accident to "a … increased enormously under the ministry of the Rev. Edward Irving (later to found the Irvingites) and it was …
Old and New London
… was found to violate a part of the Charter granted by Edward III. to the City of London, and was accordingly … the vile and absurd edifice of brick pieced to it, which I have not patience to describe." How little could he … find To sing the furious troops in battle join'd? Methinks I hear the drum's tumultuous sound The victor's shouts and …
Survey of London
… to improve on his contract by moving the northern toll post further south, a measure which provoked effective … of the southern part of the east side granted in 1692 to Edward Russell fell in at Michaelmas, 1819, and the whole of … with the exception of an entrance doorway on each flank. i The back of the portico is in two stages, the lower being …