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" ... but on St. Peter's night next following, he and the queen came royally riding to the said place, and there with their nobles beheld the watch of the city, and returned in the morning. "
A survey of London - Page 97
by John Stow - 1842 - 518 pages
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - London (England) - 1855 - 1026 pages
...halbert on his shoulder, and there beholding the watch, departed privily when the watch was done ; "but on St. Peter's night next following, he and the...the watch of the city, and returned in the morning." When Bow Church was rebuilt, Wren provided, in place of the shed or slid; a balcony in the tovrer,...
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - Curiosities and wonders - 1855 - 818 pages
...Peter's night next following, he :m the queen came royally riding to the said place, and there with tin i nobles beheld the watch of the city, and returned in the morning. When Bow Church was rebuilt, Wren provided, in place of the =-h-_j or sild, a balcony in the tower,...
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The every-day book: or The guide to the year, Volume 1

William Hone - 1859 - 882 pages
...show, that " on St. Peter's night next following, he and the queen came royally riding to the sayd place, and there, with their nobles, beheld the watch of the city, and returned in themorning."* In 1519, Christern, king of Denmark, and his queen, being then in England, were conducted...
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Curiosities of London: Exhibiting the Most Rare and Remarkable Objects of ...

John Timbs - East India House (London, England) - 1868 - 902 pages
...the watch, departed privily when the watch was done; "but on St. Peter's night next following, lie and the Queen came royally riding to the said place,...the Watch of the City, and returned in the morning." When Bow Church was rebuilt, Wren provided, in place of the shed or sild, a balcony in the tower, immediately...
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Old and new London: a narrative of its history, its people and its places ...

George Walter Thornbury - 1880 - 604 pages
...; but on St. Peter's night next following he and the queen came royally riding to the said placé, and there with their nobles beheld the watch of the city, and returned in the morning." The Builder, of 1845, gives a full account of the discovery of architectural remains beneath some houses...
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The Everyday Book ; Or, a Guide to the Year: Describing the Popular ...

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1888 - 876 pages
...show, that " on St. Peter's night next following, he and the queen came loyally riding to the sayd place, and there, with their nobles, beheld the watch of the city, and returned in themorning."* In 1519, Christern, king of Denmark, and his queen, being then in England, were conducted...
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A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne ...

John Stow - London (England) - 1890 - 462 pages
...St. John's even, at night, King Henry VIII. came to this place, then called the King's Head in Cheap, in the livery of a yeoman of the guard, with an halbert...said shed of stone, all the housing in or about Bow Churchyard, and without on that side the high street of Cheap to the Standard, be of Cordwainer Street...
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A Svrvay of London: Contayning the Originall, Antiquity, Increase, Moderne ...

John Stow - London (England) - 1890 - 496 pages
...St. John's even, at night, King Henry VIII. came to this place, then called the King's Head in Cheap, in the livery of a yeoman of the guard, with an halbert...said shed of stone, all the housing in or about Bow Churchyard, and without on that side the high street of Cheap to the Standard, be of Cordwainer Street...
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London, Past and Present: Its History, Associations, and Traditions, Volume 1

Henry Benjamin Wheatley - London (England) - 1891 - 594 pages
...repaired to this place, therein to behold the shows of this city passing through West Cheape, viz. the great Watches, accustomed in the night, on the...the watch of the city, and returned in the morning. — Stow, p. 97. A prentis dwelled whilom in our citee, — At every bridale would he sing and hoppe...
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Littell's Living Age, Volume 207

Literature - 1895 - 872 pages
...repeated a night or two later, on St. Peter's Eve, "he and the queen came royally riding to the sayd place, and there, with their nobles, beheld the watch of the city, and returned in the morning." Some years later, however, his Majesty became alarmed at so great and so warlike a display on the part...
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