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Old and New London
… the ConfessorAdditions and Alterations to the Abbey by Henry III.Translation of the Body of Edward the ConfessorThe … the Right of SanctuaryCompletion of the BuildingFuneral of Henry VII.Surrender of the Abbey to Henry VIII.The Benedictine Rule restored by Queen MaryThe Abbey in …
Old and New London
… in her "Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth," . . . "Henry caused his new queen (Anna Boleyn) to be crowned at … of Brownlow, Earl of Exeter; John, Earl of Sandwich; Henry, Earl of Uxbridge; Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, and Sir … in the Abbey, the champion's duty being performed by Henry Dymoke, Esq. (afterwards Sir Henry Dymoke, Bart.), as …
Old and New London
… Lieutenant-General Sir Eyre Coote, Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, General Lawrence, and others in both … sacrarium; and at the east end are Edward the Confessor's, Henry VII.'s, and ten other chapels. Its dimensions are, from … heavy cornice, with a frieze inscribed "A. R. GEORGII II. VIII. MDCCXXXV." The roof is pointed, and contains a small …
Old and New London
… by the convict before judgment was passed upon him." Henry VII. wrote to Pope Alexander, desiring him to exercise … fate. In the year 1487, during the pontificate of Innocent VIII., a bull was issued, by which a little restraint was … this these privileged places had become great evils, and Henry VII. had applied to the Pope for a reformation of the …
Survey of London
… included a close of land in Lambeth Marsh purchased by Henry VIII from Charles, Duke of Suffolk. 19 In the 18th century …
Old and New London
… Hall built by William RufusThe Poor regaled here by Henry III.Prince Henry crowned in his Father's LifetimeSir John Dymoke, the … was the then large sum of 1,000. Here, in 1517, Henry VIII. appeared in person, with the Dukes of Norfolk and …
Old and New London
… in the "Dark Ages"The Beginning of Westminster SchoolHenry VIII.'s Additions to the FoundationThe School as founded by … he remodelled the Abbey and made it into a bishop's see, Henry VIII. added to the foundation two masters to teach … Widmore tells us that on the surrender of the monastery to Henry VIII., the King included the school in his draft of the …
Old and New London
… of it a mansion known as Arlington House, the residence of Henry Bennet, Earl of Arlington, one of the "Cabal" Ministry, … they were consigned to their tomb in the stately chapel of Henry VII. The duke's proud widow, Catherine Darnley, the … of the Guard, in their quaint uniform of the time of Henry VIII.; and a Guard of Honour of the Coldstream Guards is …
Old and New London
… appears to have been only a town down to the reign of Henry VIII., who raised it by royal letters patent into an … the Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. In the reign of Henry VIII. the splendid palace of Whitehall, which had for …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Westminster was a diocese for a mere ten years. Henry VIII established it by letters patent of 17 December 1540, in accordance with the statute 31 Hen. VIII c. 9, when the former monastery of St. Peter, …