The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Wimbledon, Surrey: With Sketches of the Earlier InhabitantsSimpkin, Marshall, & Company, 1865 - 222 páginas |
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acres Adam Baynes afterwards aged amongst Anne appointed Archbishop of Canterbury Barnes Benjamin Bond Hopkins Betenson Bishop bledon British Cæsar called chancel Chancellor chapel Charles church Churchwardens churchyard court Cromwell daughter Dean and Chapter death died Domesday Book Duchess of Marlborough Duke Earl of Exeter Edward II Elizabeth England erected estates France George gravel grounds heir Henry inhabitants inscription James January John July June king Lady Lambert Lambeth land lived London London clay Lord Wimbledon manor of Wimbledon manor-house Marquis married Marryat Mary Merton Mortlake parish of Wimbledon Parliament Pitt present Putney Queen Queen Camel rector Register reign residence Richard Peacock Robert Roman Saxon says side Sir Theodore Sir Thomas Cecil Sir William Somerset Surrey Flora tenants thereof tomb trustees vestry Viscount Wandle Wandsworth Common Watney wife Wilberforce Wimbledon Common Wimbledon House Wimbledon Park Wymbeldon
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Página 3 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Página 71 - Wasaf, a work said to have been composed at the end of the 13th or the beginning of the 14th century.
Página 51 - He wrote against popery, and embraced it; he was a zealous opposer of the court, and a sacrifice for it...
Página 70 - Spencer's charming villa, which he always lends to the bishop at this time of the year. I did not think there could have been so beautiful a place within seven miles of London. The park has as much variety of ground, and is as un-Londonish as if it were an hundred miles...
Página 51 - ... it : was conscientiously converted in the midst of his prosecution of Lord Strafford, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts he always hurt himself and his friends. With romantic bravery, he was always an unsuccessful commander. He spoke for the Test Act, though a Roman Catholic ; and addicted himself to astrology on the birth-day of true philosophy.
Página 28 - ... an ancient cottage called the Smith's Shop, lying west of the highway leading from Putney to the Upper Gate, and on the south side of the highway from Richmond to Wandsworth, being the sign of the Anchor.
Página 51 - Strafford, and was most unconscientiously a prosecutor of Lord Clarendon. With great parts, he always hurt himself and his friends ; with romantic bravery, he was always an unsuccessful commander. He spoke for the test act, though a Roman catholic ; and addicted himself to astrology, on the birth-day of true philosophy.
Página 45 - St. James's Park, the Lady Lambert, as proud as her husband, came by where she was, and as the present princess always hath precedency of the relict of the dead prince, so she put my Lady Ireton below, who, notwithstanding her piety and humility, was a little grieved at the affront.
Página 62 - that it was burned quite down in November, 1628, and that the day before his lordship had the misfortune of having part of his house at Wimbledon, in Surrey, blown up by gunpowder.
Página 39 - ... summer excursions to the houses of her nobility ; nor could a more acceptable present be given to the world than a republication of a select number of such details as this of the entertainment at Elvetham, that at Killingworth, &c. &c., which so strongly mark the spirit * Vide Appendix III. of the times, and present us with scenes so very remote from modern manners.* The mansion-house at Wimbledon was honoured by one of these receptions.