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This gateway was erected on the site of a more antient structure , said to have
been constructed by Sir Amias Pawlet , in the reign of Henry VIII . Sir Amias , in
the year 1501 , for some offence committed by Wolsey , when he was only parson
of ...
This gateway was erected on the site of a more antient structure , said to have
been constructed by Sir Amias Pawlet , in the reign of Henry VIII . Sir Amias , in
the year 1501 , for some offence committed by Wolsey , when he was only parson
of ...
Page 74
The interior is antient , the roof is of timber , arched and divided into pannels by
ribs springivg from the sides . ... This society is governed by a principal , and
twelve antients ; and the members of the house , according to the old
constitutions ...
The interior is antient , the roof is of timber , arched and divided into pannels by
ribs springivg from the sides . ... This society is governed by a principal , and
twelve antients ; and the members of the house , according to the old
constitutions ...
Page 83
Lower down was antiently GOLD LANE . John GERARD , the most celebrated of
our antient botanists , bad his garden in Holborn . He was a surgeon , and many
years retained as chief gardener to lord Burleigh . Upon his death , Gerard found
...
Lower down was antiently GOLD LANE . John GERARD , the most celebrated of
our antient botanists , bad his garden in Holborn . He was a surgeon , and many
years retained as chief gardener to lord Burleigh . Upon his death , Gerard found
...
Page 141
When the sewers were constructing in this street , 1802 , easts ward of St .
Clement ' s church , the workmen discovered an antient stone bridge of one arch ,
about eleven feet in length . It was covered several feet in depth by rubbish and
soil ...
When the sewers were constructing in this street , 1802 , easts ward of St .
Clement ' s church , the workmen discovered an antient stone bridge of one arch ,
about eleven feet in length . It was covered several feet in depth by rubbish and
soil ...
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Farther eastward stands Essex Street , formed on the site of an antient mansion ,
built on the site of the outer Temple , by Walter Stapleton , bishop of Exeter , a
favourite with his sovereign , but unfortunately hated by the factious populace .
Farther eastward stands Essex Street , formed on the site of an antient mansion ,
built on the site of the outer Temple , by Walter Stapleton , bishop of Exeter , a
favourite with his sovereign , but unfortunately hated by the factious populace .
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| Title | London, by David Hughson, Volume 4 London, by David Hughson, Edward Pugh |
| Author | Edward Pugh |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Apr 2007 |
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