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Old and New London
… and Stamford Hill CHAPTER XLIII. STOKE NEWINGTON. "I like the neighbourhood, too, the ancient places That bring … doubtless because the manor was given by Athelstan or by Edward the Confessor to the canons of St. Paul's." The name … of the tavern as it appeared in 1806. Upon the sign-post is shown a pair of horns, similar to those which we have …
Old and New London
… he, namely, John Leland, and the 'Monasticon Anglicanum,' I cannot tell, for Weever writes that this monastery was … the bowling-green, the village stocks, the whipping-post, the pond and ducking-stool, and the parish pound, all …
Old and New London
… be at Tottenham High Cross; and when we come thither, I will make you some requital of your pains." Izaak Walton. … The first that we hear of Tottenham is in the reign of Edward the Confessor, when it formed part of the possessions … as it was then called, Le Bruses. On his revolt from Edward I. his property in England was forfeited, and came …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… 11 & Richardi Monachi Lyrensis. 12 a [fo. 1r] 12 Jan. ii e i[i] Idus b 13 Jan. f Idus 14 Jan. x G xix kl. Februarii [fo. … episcoporum pro centum viginti a libris emit. Hic post amministrationem quinque annorum et triginta quinque … denariorum terram. 26 Feb. vi A iiii kl Obitus Hugonis de Mortem': 73 dedit aureum calicem. Et Henrici Cais. 74 Et …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… 293 primus institutus [de] redditu c predicto, et post primum institutum alius successive per decanum et … predicte ad dictum usum in vita dicti Ade seu post mortem suam, quidque idem decaus et capitulum per se vel per … × 1239 (Hereford ch. no. 1409). Queen Philippa, wife of Edward III, d, 15 Aug. 1369. Eodem die ...tertii later …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… p. 41), a motte-and-bailey castle constructed by William I, stands on a low natural ridge parallel to the river, with … almost immediately. 3 Coin hoards of silver pennies of Edward the Confessor and William I, one of them buried in a Stamford ware crucible, were found …
Old and New London
… writing to the Times of November 28th, 1845, says, "I find upon investigation that upwards of two thousand … seldom is any difficulty in procuring such witnesses. I remember a felon, within this twelvemonth, to have been … at the lower end of the table, was never absent from his post. This invaluable public servant persevered from a sheer …
Survey of London
… The Old Court suburb CHAPTER I - The Old Court Suburb Chronically asthmatic, William III … for the old reasons. In 1729 the St. James's Evening Post explicitly reported that James Pelham, then Secretary to … Steele, ed. Rae Blanchard, 1941, pp. 2424, 44in.: R. B. Edward Chamberlayne, Angliae Notitia, 1692, pp. 125, 126, …
Old and New London
… houses of York and Lancaster, the manor was bestowed by Edward IV. on his brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester. After … open Parliament; Queen Anne, for the same purpose; George I. and George II. (we shall have the pleasure of looking at … after the birth of Queen Victoria. Here were monuments to Edward, eighth Earl of Warwick and Holland, who died in 1759; …
Old and New London
… London in the reign of Charles II., thus writes:"That I might not take post, or be obliged to use the stage-coach, I went from Dover to London in a wagon; I was drawn by six …