The memorials of the hamlet of Knightsbridge : $b With notices of its immediate neighbourhoodDavis, Henry George
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The memorials of the hamlet of Knightsbridge : $b With notices of its immediate neighbourhood
Davis, Henry George
Knightsbridge (London, England)
{3} “Memorials of Westminster,” by Rev. Mackenzie Walcott.
{10} See “Paddington: Past and Present,” p. 22.
{11} So the name is written in the body of the charter still preserved
in the British Museum in the title the name is spelt “KNYGHTSBRIGG.”
{14} See “Statutes of the Realm,” published by the Record Commissioners.
{19} After the death of her first husband she married John Tregonwell,
Esq., but lies in the same grave with the former, in St. Margaret’s
Churchyard, where a tomb may be still seen to their memory.
{24} Faulkner’s Brentford.
{25} Dated November 27, 1736. See Lord Hervey’s Memoirs, edited by Mr.
Croker.
{26} “Lives of the Chancellors,” vol. iv., p. 420. See also Evelyn’s
Diary, November 15, 1699, where he complains of robberies here, even
while coaches and travellers are passing.
{27a} This year seems to have been prolific in such cases; the following
is taken from the _London Chronicle_, December 27, 1774:—Mr. Jackson, of
the Court of Requests, Westminster, was attacked at Kensington Gore, by
four footpads: he shot one dead, and the others decamped.
{27b} See _Morning Chronicle_, May 23, 1799.
{30} The last oil-lamp was removed from Park-side about 1850.
{31} See analysis, &c., of these waters in Dr. Aldis’ Report on Sanitary
Condition of this district, and _Builder_, October 10, 1856.
{35} See “Notes of the Evidence given against Lord Howard of Escrick, at
the Grand Inquest,” &c., a single sheet, 1681.
{39} The flags are preserved in the United Service Museum, to which
institution they were, with various papers, given by the Major’s son, S.
A. Eyre, Esq. There was a song written in honour of the corps by one
Bradshaw, of which I have only been able to recover the chorus:—
“Then with Major Eyre we’ll go, my boys,
Then with Major Eyre we’ll go.”
{52} Additional MSS., No. 5,755, British Museum.
{55} Lysons’ “Environs of London.”
{56} Nichols’ “Illustrations of the Manners and Expenses of Ancient
Times,” 4to, 1797; in which these accounts are published.
{58a} See Bell’s edition of Butler. Mr. Bell’s doubt as to the
existence of the Lazar-house in the time of the Civil War is, as our
extracts show, unfounded.
{58b} “Notes and Queries,” vol. i., p. 260.
{60} “Parliamentary Surveys and Minutes of the Committees,” quoted by
Lysons.
{62} Emphatic, notwithstanding its bad Latin.
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