Royal St. James's: Being a Story of Kings, Clubmen and CourtesansHale, 1988 - 257 pages |
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Page 50
... called the Pall Maile ffeilde . . . comprising forty - five acres from her Jointure , with all the houses thereon for twenty - five years ' . The fee was £ 6,000 . On 1 April 1665 King Charles II granted the freehold of ' the site of St ...
... called the Pall Maile ffeilde . . . comprising forty - five acres from her Jointure , with all the houses thereon for twenty - five years ' . The fee was £ 6,000 . On 1 April 1665 King Charles II granted the freehold of ' the site of St ...
Page 59
... called to this day . He lived there from 1759 to 1762 , giving way then to Sir Charles Sheffield who had just sold Buckingham House to be the new residence of King George III . No. 10 was briefly the home of the select literary group called ...
... called to this day . He lived there from 1759 to 1762 , giving way then to Sir Charles Sheffield who had just sold Buckingham House to be the new residence of King George III . No. 10 was briefly the home of the select literary group called ...
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... called ' the Jerusalem Chamber ' . In 1781 Horace Walpole remarked that when Fox had a run of luck at Faro ' ... it aroused his Creditors . . . but it would not have yielded much of a Sop to each . . . ' . He once saw ' . . . a Cart and ...
... called ' the Jerusalem Chamber ' . In 1781 Horace Walpole remarked that when Fox had a run of luck at Faro ' ... it aroused his Creditors . . . but it would not have yielded much of a Sop to each . . . ' . He once saw ' . . . a Cart and ...
Contents
A House of Civility | 168 |
the enclave de luxe for the Nobility | 174 |
Goode lodgings may be found here | 189 |
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