Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney

Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney
The Fascination of London

By

0
(0 Reviews)
Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney by John Cunningham Geikie, Geraldine Edith Mitton

Published:

1903

Downloads:

1,511

Share This

Hammersmith, Fulham and Putney
The Fascination of London

By

0
(0 Reviews)

Book Excerpt

a London merchant, and, though inheriting a considerable fortune, he was bred up to business. He was subsequently knighted by King Charles I., and made one of the farmers of the King's Customs. During the whole of the Civil War he never faltered from his allegiance, but raised money and carried supplies to the King constantly. He had built Brandenburg House (p. 39), on which he is said to have spent £23,000. This was confiscated by Cromwell and used by his troops during the rebellion, but at the Restoration Sir Nicholas was reinstated and rewarded by a baronetcy. His body was not buried at Hammersmith, but in the church of St. Mildred in Bread Street with his ancestors. There is a portrait of him given in Lysons' "Environs of London." He is "said to have been the inventor of the art of making bricks as now practised" (Lysons). He left £100 for the poor of Hammersmith, to be distributed as his trustees and executors should think fit. This amount, being expended in land and buildings, has enormously

FREE EBOOKS AND DEALS

(view all)

More books by John Cunningham Geikie, Geraldine Edith Mitton

(view all)