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A History of the County of Sussex
… century. The history of Bognor practically begins with Sir Richard Hotham, 5 a London hatter who had made a fortune in … and lawsuits. The Dome House, which still stands, Sir Richard built shortly before his death in 1799 in the hope of … there, some eighteen or twenty years ago. 15 In 1793 Sir Richard Hotham built a chapel adjoining his house, known at …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Dorothy Birche, widow, William Bradley, Edward Kirkeby, Richard Carre, John Frances, Henry Broomhead of Wheatley. 5 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… On the brow of a hill are the ruins of a castle built by Richard, Lord Scrope, chancellor of England in the reign of Richard II., and endowed with 106. 15. 4. per annum, for a … the 1st of Henry VII., for his adherence to the cause of Richard III. at the battle of Bosworth-Field. Henry granted …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… near Wirksop, with the consent and confirmation of Richard de Lovetot her son, given to that monastery to buy … of Asaley to make wafers. 3 William de Lovetot, son of Richard, also confirmed that gift of his grandmother, and so … all Bollum in lands and meadow and mill, to which Richard de Luvetot her grandfather had given it. 4 King Henry …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Warin Bussel, whose daughter married Roger Fitz-Richard; and the son of the latter, Richard Fitz-Roger, founder of Lytham, left four coheiresses, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… grant; net income, 83; patron and impropriator, Richard Basset, Esq.: the great tithes have been commuted for … Sunday schools are conducted by the dissenters. The Rev. Richard Thomas left 5 to the poor, the proceeds of which are … in 1404, John Touchet, Lord Audley, was associated with Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick and Lord of Abergavenny, …
A New History of London
… citizens, in the reign of king Henry the third; or of king Richard II. or at what other time, cannot be ascertained from …
A New History of London
… mean trades from mixing among them. The lord mayor, Sir Richard Deane, employed his authority to better purpose, by … ship money still continued to be opposed every where: Mr. Richard Chambers, a merchant, refused payment, and Sir Edward … the city of London on his return from Scotland. The mayor Richard Gournay made extraordinary preparations to give him a …
A New History of London
… in one day 1; the parliament committed the lord-mayor Sir Richard Gournay to the Tower, and preferred articles of …
A New History of London
… terminated his life on September 3d 1658. His eldest son Richard was then proclaimed in the city, as his successor, by … obsequies, with great numbers of the principal citizens. Richard Cromwel was by no means qualified to support the … the republicans on one hand conceived a design of setting Richard aside; the royalists were forming schemes for the …