London; Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis and Its Neighbourhood: To Thirty Miles Extent, from an Actual Perambulation, Volume 2W. Stratford, 1805 - London (England) |
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... Richard Whittington . His benefactions have been before mentioned . 1422. Sir Robert Chicheley , grocer , gave a ... II . No. 28 . D dinner dinner for two thousand four hundred poor citizens , house- LONDON . 21.
... Richard Whittington . His benefactions have been before mentioned . 1422. Sir Robert Chicheley , grocer , gave a ... II . No. 28 . D dinner dinner for two thousand four hundred poor citizens , house- LONDON . 21.
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... Richard II . anno 1394 , it was by parlia- ment enacted , that the aldermen of the city of London should not from thenceforth be elected annually , but continue in their several offices during life , or good behaviour . The aldermen of ...
... Richard II . anno 1394 , it was by parlia- ment enacted , that the aldermen of the city of London should not from thenceforth be elected annually , but continue in their several offices during life , or good behaviour . The aldermen of ...
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... Richard II . and his adherents , in which the latter was defeated . The Thames then continues its course to Farringdon at a small distance from which it re- ceives the Windrush ; then taking a northern direction , it flows the grounds ...
... Richard II . and his adherents , in which the latter was defeated . The Thames then continues its course to Farringdon at a small distance from which it re- ceives the Windrush ; then taking a northern direction , it flows the grounds ...
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... Richard Glyn , and Sir Walter Rawlinson . The present alderman is Paul Le ... II . writeth , that upon the river side , between the wine in ships , and ... II . No. 31 . N bon , bon , esquire , Sir Crisp Gascoyne , and Barlow LONDON . 93.
... Richard Glyn , and Sir Walter Rawlinson . The present alderman is Paul Le ... II . writeth , that upon the river side , between the wine in ships , and ... II . No. 31 . N bon , bon , esquire , Sir Crisp Gascoyne , and Barlow LONDON . 93.
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... Richard II . The duties imposed by this office , are better understood by the following documents from various autho- rities : Charles V. emperor of Germany , being reduced to great distress by the unhappy expedition of Tunis ...
... Richard II . The duties imposed by this office , are better understood by the following documents from various autho- rities : Charles V. emperor of Germany , being reduced to great distress by the unhappy expedition of Tunis ...
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Page 153 - THE UNITED COMPANY OF MERCHANTS TRADING TO THE EAST INDIES.
Page 307 - Hertynges, by the service of paying per annum one sparhawk or 2s. at the feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist for all service.
Page 323 - To the estates and fortunes of the citizens it was merciless, but to their lives very favourable, that it might in all things resemble the last conflagration of the world.
Page 312 - Regina,' every evening. And thereupon ordained five burning wax lights at the time of the said anthem, in the honour and reverence of the five principal joys of our Lady aforesaid, and for exciting the people to devotion at such an hour the more to merit to their souls.
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Page 155 - Board shall be fully authorised to superintend, direct, and control, all acts, operations, and concerns, which in any wise relate to the civil or military government or revenues of the British territorial possessions in the East Indies.
Page 128 - Where was mutch stolen gere amonge ; I saw where honge myne owne hoode, That I had lost amonge the thronge ; To by my own hood I thought it wronge, I knew it well as I dyd my crede, But for lack of mony I could not spede. The taverner tooke me by the sieve,
Page 326 - ... city, was begun and carried on by the treachery and malice of the Popish faction, in order to the carrying on their horrid plot for extirpating the Protestant religion and old English liberty, and introducing Popery and slavery.
Page 216 - shall mean the master wardens and assistants of the guild, fraternity, or brotherhood of the most glorious and undivided Trinity and of St. Clement in the parish of Deptford Strond in the county of Kent...
Page 405 - This grave is made for Hodges Shaughsware, the chiefest servant to the King of Persia for the space of 20 years, who came from the King of Persia, and died in his service. If any Persian cometh out of that country, let him read this and a prayer for him, the Lord receive his soul, for here lieth Maghmote Shaughsware, who was born in the town Novoy, in Persia.