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A Survey of London
… of 8 l. from Camden in return for his transcripts for Leland. Ralph Bropke, the herald who is our authoruity for this alleges that Camden had plagiarized Leland in his Britannia, and that Stow lamented the wrong done to Leland both by Camden and Harrison. 81 It is probable that …
A Survey of London
… 31 Not the least of his treasures were his transcripts of Leland's Collections, to which reference has already been …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… ("of Csar's tent") was in the museum of the Royal Society [Leland, Coll. (ed. Hearne), I, 60]. In 18401, at the lower … at a depth of 15 ft., about a hundred years previously [Leland, Coll. (2nd ed. Hearne), I, 74]. At the entrance to … round Forme with Nitches at an equal Distance for Seats" [Leland, Coll. (ed. Hearne), I, LXVI; see also Stow, Survey …
The Environs of London
… suppression, of a convent which had existed at Twickenham. Leland says, having expelled (as it is said) some alien … Aug. 27Sept. 3. Duchess of Marlborough's Conduct, p. 62. Leland, in his Itinerary, speaking of Brentford, says, "There …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: James I
… Dover, July 4. 31. ii. Examination of Thos. Wright, of Leland, Lancashire. Went abroad in June last, in attendance …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which passed to the house of Bonhommes at Edington. Leland mentioned Thomas Bulkington and Thomas Gereberd among …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… almost impenetrable woods, and in the reign of Henry VIII. Leland describes it as a forest without deer; but it has … with walls, having three gates, over one of which, in Leland's time, were the remains of a town-hall, with a prison … was 38: the present remains are very inconsiderable. Leland, speaking of the castle, in the reign of Henry VIII., …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… can still be traced the outline of a town which, as Leland remarked, "is far more auncyent then Harford, and was … Magni. But the epitaph of the ancient city was written by Leland: "The place wher the town was ys al overgrowen with …
A History of the County of Worcester
… (? Proud Cross) or the barriers in Churchstrete.' 109 Leland, who visited the town about 1540, remarked that the … Statistics from Bd. of Agric. (1905). See below and cf. Leland, Itinerary (ed. 2), iv, 100. See V.C.H. Worcs. i, 191. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… with lead and slates. Sir Richard Wingfield, according to Leland, largely re-built the medival castle in 1525; at that …
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