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A Dictionary of London
… Street in parish of St. Botolph without Aldrichgate, I H. VIII. 1509 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 43). Not further identified. … Carp. Co, p.136). " Whitecrosstrete," 1524 (L. and P. H. VIII. IV. (1), p. 56). "Whyte crosse Strete " alias " … St. Nicholas within the White Friars, 1540 (L. and P. H. VIII. XV. p. 567). Forms of name: "S. Mary of the Carmelite …
Old and New London
… name of Matfellon was given it about the year 1428 (6th Henry VI.), from the following circumstance:A devout widow of … Now, that this event may have occurred in the reign of Henry VI. is very probable; but as the parish was called … and the county of Middlesex appropriated by Henry VIII. for its diocese, of which this parish being a part, the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… rocks which surmount the bay. In the reign of Henry I., the manor formed part of the possessions of St. … and is in the style that prevailed in the reign of Henry VII.; the pulpit is of oak, and of great antiquity, and … the Whitfield family, to whom the Countess Ada, widow of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, and mother of William the Lion, …
Old and New London
… greedy hands were laid roughly on cope and chalice, and Henry VIII., seizing on the friars' domains, gave his physicianthat … Some time after, Lord Sanquhar being in the court of Henry IV. of France, that chivalrous and gallant king, always …
A Dictionary of London
… (The) A messuage so called in St. Laurence lane, 2 H. VIII. (Lond. I p.m. I. 74). Not further identified. …
Survey of London
… is indicated next to the Stone Gallery, died in 1677. (viii) A prominent feature in the plan is the "Bowling Green" … building, there can be little doubt that it was erected by Henry VIII, and was not one of the portions of York Place … given to the comfort of the actors. An order to "Henry Harrys, yeoman of ye Revells to his Ma tle" required …
Survey of London
… that could be wished." 1 In the Privy Purse Expenses of Henry VIII 2 are several items relating to York Place from November, 1529, to January, 152930, such as: 3 Henry VIII. [November] "It'm the xvij war to a s'vnt of the …
Old and New London
… 'Tis now the King's, and called Whitehall." Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Act IV., sc. 1. The most Polite Court in EuropeA … changed to WhitehallWolsey's Style of Living hereVisit of Henry VIII.The Fall of WolseyAdditions to the Palace by Henry …
Old and New London
… and was afterwards buried with more than regal honours in Henry VII.'s Chapel in Westminster Abbey. John Evelyn, in his … who wrote the life of Archbishop Becket, in the reign of Henry II., is the first of our writers that mentions … the 39th year of Edward III.; also in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Queen Elizabeth. It has been by some called a royal …
Old and New London
… Green." This orchard dated back as far as the reign of Henry VIII. The site of the old palace of Whitehall, which was made … 1833, that when the Palace of Whitehall was seized upon by Henry VIII., he added to its precincts the ground on the …