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titioned that the chapel might continue, it was repaired accordingly; the Chaplain being appointed by the Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.

KING'S LANGLEY, near Abbot's Langley, in Herts, received its name from a royal palace built here by Henry III. the ruins of which are still to be seen. Richard II. was buried in its monastery, but afterward removed to Westminster by Henry V. Here was also born and buried Edmund of Langley, Duke of York, son of Edward III. The palace, park, and manor, were given by James I. to Henry Prince of Wales. The Earl of Essex is now Lord of the Manor.

KINGSTON HOUSE, the seat of the late celebrated Duchess of Kingston, (tried and convicted of bigamy) now of Sir George Warren, K. B. situate on the south side of Knightsbridge, near Kensington Gore, but in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster.

KINGSTON UPON THAMES, a market-town in Surry, 11 miles from London, was either a royal residence, or a royal demesne, so early as the union of the Saxon heptarchy; for there is a record extant of a council held there in 838, at which Egbert, the first King of all England, and his son Athelwolf, were present; and in this record it is styled Kyningenstun, famosa illa locus. Some of our Saxon Kings were also crowned here; and close to the north side of the church is a large stone, on which, according to tradition, they were placed during the ceremony. Adjoining to the same side was formerly a chapel, in which were the figures of some of the Saxon Kings that were crowned here, and also that of King John, who gave the inhabitants their first charter. Of these kings Mr. Lysons gives the following account, on the authority of our ancient historians; viz. Edward the elder, crowned A. D. 900; his son Athelstan, in 925; Edmund, in 940; Eldred, or Edred, in 946; Edwy, or Edwin, in 955; Edward the Martyr, in 975; and Ethelred, in 978; Edgar, who succeeded to the throne in 959, is said to have been crowned either at Kingston or at Bath. In the inscriptions over these figures, some of them were said to be crowned in the market-place, and others in the chapel; but no particular spot is mentioned in the old chronicles. These figures were destroyed by the fall of the chapel in 1730; at which time Abraham Hammerton, the sexton of this parish, digging a grave, was buried under the ruins,

with another person, and his daughter Esther. The latter, notwithstanding she lay covered seven hours, survived this misfortune 17 years, and was her father's successor. The memory of this event is preserved by a print of this singular woman, engraved by M'Ardell. Kingston sent members to parliament in the reign of the second and third Edwards; and ceased to be a borough, in consequence of a petition from the corporation, praying to be relieved from the burden of sending members!! Here is a wooden bridge over the Thames, and a free school, founded by Queen Elizabeth, the school-room of which is an ancient chapel, that belonged to the demolished hospital of St. Mary Magdalen. Here also is an almshouse, built, in 1668, by Alderman Cleave, for six men, and as many women. The Lent assizes are held here. In this place is Canbury-House, the seat of John Henry Parker, Esq.; near which is a spacious barn, in which twelve teams may unload at once. It has four entrances, four thrashing floors, and is supported by twelve pillars. In the hamlet of Norbiton (which is the entrance into the town from London) is Norbiton Hall, the seat of Thomas Lintall, Esq. Norbiton Place, belonging to John Sherrar, Esq.; and the handsome house of William Bowles, Esq. At the other extremity of the town is the hamlet of Surbiton, in which, on the banks of the Thames, is the villa of Edward Fuhr, Esq. and farther on, in the road to Ewel, is Surbiton House, the seat of Thomas Fassett, Esq. whose gardens extend to the Thames. In 1769 an act of Parlia ment was obtained for separating the parish church of Kingston, and its dependent chapels of Richmond, Moulsey, Thames Ditton, Petersham, and Kew, and forming the whole parish into two vicarages and two perpetual curacies. See Comb Nevil.

KINGSWOOD LODGE, the elegant seat of William Smith, Esq. on Cooper's Hill, in the parish of Egham. Near the house is placed a seat, which the lovers of poetry will deem sacred; it being on the spot whence Denham took his view of the rich and various scenery described in his celebrated poem. From this house, which is 19 miles from London, the hour and minute hands of St. Paul's clock have, by the aid of a telescope, been distinctly seen. Thus does art, even in the most trifling things, conduce to

our amusement.

KIPPINGTON, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, late the seat

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of Sir Charles Farnaby Radcliffe, Bart. now belongs to Mr. Austin.

KNIGHTSBRIDGE, the first village from London, in the great western road, is situated in the parishes of Chelsea, St. George, Hanover-square, and St. Margaret, Westminster, but has a chapel independent of those parishes. On the south side of Knightsbridge, near Kensington Gore, but in the parish of St. Margaret, are some handsome insulated villas, particularly those of James Vere, Esq., Sir George Warren, K. B., and the Duke of Rutland. See Kingston House.

Near Hyde Park Corner, on the south side of the road, is St. George's Hospital for the sick and lame. The cen tre part was the seat of James Lane, Viscount Lanesborough, who died there in 1724; and is recorded by Pope in this memorable line:

Sober Lanesborough dancing with the gout!

KNIGHT'S HILL, the seat of the late Lord Thurlow, in the parish of Lambeth, between Dulwich and Norwood, When his Lordship purchased this estate of the Duke of St. Alban's, a few years ago, there was only a farm-house upon it, which he new-fronted; building, at the same time, some additional apartments. But he afterward took the whole down, and erected the present mansion, in a plain and simple style, under the direction of Mr. Holland. This house is the first that was ever finished throughout with the new invented cone flooring. From the upper stories are delightful views over Kent, Surry, and the metropolis; and the Thames is discernible, in various parts, from Chelsea to Gravesend. His Lordship, during the building of this mansion, resided at a smaller house in the neighbourhood.

KNOLE, the seat of the Duke of Dorset, near Sevenoaks, in Kent, one of the most magnificent ancient mansions in the kingdom, was possessed, in the time of King John, by Baldwin de Bethun. From him, through the Mareschals Earls of Pembroke, and the Bigods, Earls of Norfolk, it descended to Otho de Grandison, who held it in the reign of Edward I. Sir Thomas Grandison, in the time of Richard II., conveyed it to Geoffrey de Say, whose daughter transferred it to Sir William Fiennes, and Sir William's son to Archbishop Bouchier, by whom considerable additions were made to the edifice, and who be

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