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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, … of Daniel Harrison) and the other was occupied by William Roades (Rhodes) yeoman. In a lease 63 of 22nd … the Bishop of London on 8th May, 1826. The architects were William Inwood and his son, Henry William, who collaborated …
Old and New London
… now stands Her Majesty's Theatre. Down to the reign of William III. it was the public highway, in which carts loaded … the vile and absurd edifice of brick pieced to it, which I have not patience to describe." How little could he … back. During the riots which ensued on the accession of William and Mary to the throne vacated by James II., the …
Survey of London
… correct for in January, 16601, a grant 36 was made to William Careless and two others of the "office of surveying … the Crown to transfer the market to Soho. On the advent of William and Mary he was denounced as a professed papist and … with the exception of an entrance doorway on each flank. i The back of the portico is in two stages, the lower being …
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 … of the rectangle, comprising Phoenix Yard, were held by William Wooley, citizen and haberdasher. 7 Vanbrugh's first … Phoenix Yard and the northerly house in the Haymarket from William Wooley. Vanbrugh paid 600 down and undertook to pay a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… by 1236 when Peter son of Reynold quitclaimed it to William son of John, of Castle Holdgate, 82 who held it of the lord of Holdgate in 1255. 83 William son of John had been succeeded by 1263 by his son … V.C.H. Salop. ii. 223; Census, 1971, Co. Rep. Salop. i. 5; Census, 1981, Small Area Statistics: Salop.; S.C.C. …
The Historical Collections of a Citizen of London in the Fifteenth Century
Camden Record Society, Old Series, volume 17. This Camden Society volume is in three parts. The bulk of the book is the Chronicle of London by William Gregory, a London skinner and mayor of the fifteenth century. It also contains John Page's poem on the siege of Rouen and Lydgate's verses on the kings of England.
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons: Volume 2, 1680-1695
Covers the Parliament of James II and the accession of William and Mary.
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons: Volume 3, 1695-1706
Covers the later Parliaments of William and Mary, and the accession of Queen Anne.
Survey of London
… the English church as laid down by Henry VIII in 1536; yet William Tyndale, whose translation of the Bible has formed … a yearly wage of 7; and the yearly obits for Croke and for William Kyrfote came to an end. The royal commissioners not … parishes numbering as many as 800 "houseling" people ( i.e. communicants). He continued here through the various …
Survey of London
… with gilds and chantry foundations, and "pricksong," i.e. the more modern type of music began to develop. The … special fee was given for burial in the chancel, thus Sir William Hawkes, probably a chaplain, who was buried in the … 1385 to every chaplain celebrating continually there. 31 William de Tonge, a citizen of London, who in 1389 left 10 …