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Survey of London
… called the Queen's Theatre. From the accession of George I (1714) to that of Queen Victoria (1837) it was known as the … in 1777 in connexion with the grant of a Crown lease to Edward Vanbrugh (Plate 27a). i This shows the theatre … dirges, than a theatre, are removed.' 79 The Morning Post stated that Gainsborough's two figures represented Music …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… 12 It belonged by 1609 to Thomas Botterell (fl. 1616). 13 Edward Botterell (fl. 1651) had succeeded by 1620. 14 The estate descended to his sons Thomas (d. 1669) and Edward (d. 1684) in turn and then from father to son through … V.C.H. Salop. ii. 223; Census, 1971, Co. Rep. Salop. i. 5; Census, 1981, Small Area Statistics: Salop.; S.C.C. …
Survey of London
… parishes numbering as many as 800 "houseling" people ( i.e. communicants). He continued here through the various … office in the royal household through the reigns of Henry, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth, and whose brass with the motto … was chosen as a site for the new stocks and whipping-post in 1657. The pews behind the north door were removed in …
Survey of London
… with gilds and chantry foundations, and "pricksong," i.e. the more modern type of music began to develop. The … two perpetual chantry chapels existed in the church when Edward VI suppressed all chantries in 1548. The one was that … for thus making an alienation in mortmain, and eventually Edward III seized the two tenements in Mark Lane and gave …
Survey of London
… The history of All Hallows Church To c.1548 I.HISTORY OF THE CHURCH 1. Foundations The origin of All … successive kings of England cast an envious eye upon it. Edward III got from the Abbey a grant of the advowson of All … licence to appropriate the church of Tollesbury. 13 Edward III appointed Thomas de Broke as chaplain of St. …
Survey of London Monograph
… of that month, with other prominent citizens, he met King Edward IV. between Shoreditch and Islington on the monarch's … and that he was then living abroad. The "Inquisitio post mortem" of Antonio Bonvisi, an inquiry to find out what land …
Survey of London Monograph
… of Anne of Cleves, and married her in 1540: here that Edward VI died ; and here, in the mire of the roadway between … are in this Court." 11 In another letter he writes: ". . . I must confess that, from the point of view of painting, I … One such is the charge for "workeing and setting of a new post of oak at one of the Quoines of the Queenes buildings in …
Survey of London
… made by Vertue in 1725 and published in 1747 in Vol. I of Vetusta Monumenta (Plate 5); ( b) the original signed … fine paintings on the walls, among them the portrait of Edward, the present queen's brother, who was cut out of his … until twelve days after her son's birth. The portrait of Edward is mentioned by Hentzner as one of the things at …
Survey of London
… of these two streets can be identified as artists in the Post Office Directory. In 1873 Charles Richard Fox died and … freehold of the site, were the brothers William Henry and Edward James Jones of Victoria Street, Westminster. Notice of … and incoherent west front. . .; this is to be deplored, as I think his original design, with the western tower, was …