Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Skinners of London: Being the Guild Or Fraternity of Corpus Christi |
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Page vii
... building of Skinners ' Hall , 129-132 . - Hall let to East India Company , 132. - Macaulay on the Cedar Parlour , 132. - Re - building of Clerk's House , 133. - Re - decor- ation of Hall in 1890-91 , 134. - Pictures , Portraits ...
... building of Skinners ' Hall , 129-132 . - Hall let to East India Company , 132. - Macaulay on the Cedar Parlour , 132. - Re - building of Clerk's House , 133. - Re - decor- ation of Hall in 1890-91 , 134. - Pictures , Portraits ...
Page viii
... Building of Barge for Skinners , 139. - New Barge , 141. - Excursions to Richmond , 142 . CITY PAGEANTS Skinners ... Buildings , 233-238 . - Visitation by Governors , 239 . -Headmasters , 241 .-- Abstract of Accounts for year 1900 ...
... Building of Barge for Skinners , 139. - New Barge , 141. - Excursions to Richmond , 142 . CITY PAGEANTS Skinners ... Buildings , 233-238 . - Visitation by Governors , 239 . -Headmasters , 241 .-- Abstract of Accounts for year 1900 ...
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... Buildings , 245.- Scholarships , 246.- Playing- grounds , 246 . SKINNERS ' COMPANY'S MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BOYS , TUNBRIDGE WELLS Foundation in 1886 at Tunbridge Wells , in the Parish of Tonbridge , 247. - Buildings , 248-249 . - Head ...
... Buildings , 245.- Scholarships , 246.- Playing- grounds , 246 . SKINNERS ' COMPANY'S MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR BOYS , TUNBRIDGE WELLS Foundation in 1886 at Tunbridge Wells , in the Parish of Tonbridge , 247. - Buildings , 248-249 . - Head ...
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... building in which a religious guild " or fraternity lived ( e.g.— " The rowme was large and wyde " As it some gyeld or solemne temple weare . " Spencer , Faery Queen II . , vii . , 43. ) and he enumerates actual instances of ...
... building in which a religious guild " or fraternity lived ( e.g.— " The rowme was large and wyde " As it some gyeld or solemne temple weare . " Spencer , Faery Queen II . , vii . , 43. ) and he enumerates actual instances of ...
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... building , for the use of the guests and their attendants ; the officers of the Company occupying one , the maidens another , and the minstrels a third , and so on . Plate is glittering on every side , the choice hangings are exciting ...
... building , for the use of the guests and their attendants ; the officers of the Company occupying one , the maidens another , and the minstrels a third , and so on . Plate is glittering on every side , the choice hangings are exciting ...
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accompte aforesaid Alderman almshouses Andrew Fisher appointed arms Assistants barge buildings Charity Commissioners charter Christ's Hospital Church Cittie City of London Clerk Cokayne Comittee Company of Skinners Corpus Christi Cort Craft dated daughter daye Draper Dynner Earl Edward elected erected frat'nite furs Governors gownes granted guifte guild or fraternity Hall Henry iiij iiijd Item paid June King Kynges lady lands letters patent Livery Livery Companies Lord Mayor Maior Mary Master and Wardens Merchant Taylors Mile End October Oo Oo order of courte p'sent Pageant Paid spent parish Parlour payd payments Pellipar Pilkington plate poor Queen rent Renter Warden Richard Robert Robert Tichborne scheme Seal seid Sheriff silver Sir Andrew Judd Sir Thomas Sir Thomas Smythe Skinners Street tenements thereof Tichborne Tonbridge School tyme viijd wife William Wolstan Wolstan Dixie yearly yere žat ΙΟ ΟΟΙ
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Page 286 - III., anno 1327, by the appellation of the Master and Wardens of the Guild or Fraternity of the Body of Christ of the Skinners of London...