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Old and New London
… "no man or woman should be so bold as henceforward to hold common market for merchandise in Chepe, or any other highway … The Westchepe market was held by day between St. Lawrence Lane and a house called "the Cage," between the first and … as at Aldgate, Blanchappleton, Gratious Street, Leaden Hall, and before every Counter. One also at Newgate, St. …
Old and New London
… Goldsmiths' FeastsThe Goldsmiths at WorkGoldsmiths' Hall at the Present DayThe PortraitsSt. Leonard's ChurchSt. … of a Stone CoffinCoachmakers' Hall. In Foster Lane, the first turning out of Cheapside northwards, our … room for a shield of the Company's arms. The livery, or common hall, which was on the east side of the court, was a …
Old and New London
… Mary MagdalenHoney LaneAll Hallows' ChurchLawrence Lane and St. Lawrence ChurchIronmonger Lane and Mercers' … honey being sold here in the times before sugar became common and honey alone was used by cooks for sweetening. On … inhabited by ironmongers temp. Edward I., is Mercers' Hall, an interesting building. The Mercers, though not …
Old and New London
… &c., at Whitehall Gate, Temple Bar, the end of Chancery Lane, Wood Street, Cheapside, and the Royal Exchange. … or Pye Corner." At 25, Silver Street, Wood Street, is the hall of one of the smaller City companiesthe Parish Clerks of … was a jocose nom de guerre for highwaymen. The first hall of the fraternity stood in Bishopsgate Street, the …
Old and New London
… serve her as chief butler, according to ancient custom." Hall expressly says that the water procession on that … them came sheriffs' officers and Mayor's officers, the common serjeant, and the chamberlain. Before the Mayor went … companies already landed, and drawn up in order in Temple Lane, between two rows of the train-bands, "who kept …
Old and New London
… and consequently better and surer." THE DOOR OF SADDLER'S HALL ( see page 341). Mr. Pitt's celebrated measure was based … in the Athenum, Sept. 16, 1865, states:"The origin of the common tale of Raleigh founding the 'Mermaid Club,' of which … speeches." There was also a "Mermaid" in Cornhill. In Bow Lane resided Thomas Coryat, an eccentric traveller of the …
Old and New London
… and Burial. The Cheapside Standard, opposite Honey Lane, was also a fountain, and was rebuilt in the reign of … in 1680. A certain Dame Dyonis Williamson, of Hale's Hall, in the county of Norfolk, gave 2,000 towards the … double lamps at the side are mean and paltry. Saddlers' Hall is close to Foster Lane, Cheapside. "Near unto this …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… with improved technology, so the term 'check' became more common. Checker was probably a LINEN CLOTH unless it was used … before adding the RENNET to it [Houghton]. Since tubs were common and used for a multitude of purposes, some may have … the DRUGS in the Rate Books, rated by the POUND See also COMMON TURPENTINE, CYPRUS TURPENTINE, HORSE TURPENTINE, …
Unpublished London Diaries
… d.44 pp.69104. 2. 1628 SKIPWITH, Sir Fulmar, of Newbold Hall, Broome, Warwicks. Mf of fragmented diary extracts, … Eng. misc. f.52 16. 1681 ASTON, Sir Willoughby, of Aston Hall, Cheshire, sheriff of Cheshire. Diary, 16811702, … Diary, 1800, with notes of performances at Drury Lane and other memoranda including his ill-health. BL Add MSS …
Unpublished London Diaries
… RO MS 298. 1840 DE LISLE (ne CLIFFORD), Laura, of Quenby Hall, Leics. Diary, 184096. Life in a prominent Catholic … Exhibition in 1851. Private. With the family at Quenby Hall, Leics. 299. 1840 GREW, Mary, of Philadelphia, … dealing with Vauxhall Gardens, Covent Garden and Drury Lane theatres. An edition is in preparation by M. Ringel and …