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Barnard's Inn is the current home of Gresham College in Holborn, London. Jump to: navigation, search Gresham College is an unusual institution of higher learning in London which enrolls no students and grants no degrees. ...
Holborn (pronounced ho-bun or ho-burn) is a place in London, named after a tributary to the river Fleet that flowed through the area, the Hole-bourne (the stream in the hollow). ...
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ...
It dates back at least to the mid thirteenth century - it was recorded as part of the estate of Sir Adam de Basyng, one time Mayor of London. It passed on to John Mackworth, the Dean of Lincoln who in turn passed it on to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln on his death in 1451. Three years later it was established as an Inn of Chancery - these were schools for law students before they passed on to an Inn of Court. Barnard's Inn along with Staple Inn was linked to Gray's Inn Court. By the seventeenth century qualified attorneys were allowed to practice from Inns of Chancery as well as Inns of Court. By 1830 it had effectively become a set of residential chambers. In 1888 the link to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln was broken and soon it was purchased by the Mercers' Company to serve as premises for the Mercers' School up until 1959. Lincoln (pronounced Lin-kun) is a cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England, a bridging point over the River Witham that flows to Boston. ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Inns of Court, in London, are where barristers train and practise. ...
Grays Inn is one of the four Inns of Court in around the Royal Courts of Justice in London, England to which barristers belong and where they are called to the bar. ...
1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Jump to: navigation, search 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
The Worshipful Company of Mercers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. ...
Jump to: navigation, search 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The buildings consist of the Hall, the 18th century chambers and reception room. The Hall dates from the 15th Century with 16th century panelling. There is also some chalk-and-tile walling in the seminar room which predates this.
Barnard's Inn was badly damaged during the Gordon riots of 1780. The distellery next door was owned by a Roman Catholic, Mr Langdale who escaped through the cellars when his building was set alight by rioters. The Hall and other buildings were damaged and one of the officers of the Inn witnessed a "sturdy fellow" pumping up gin from the cellar which he proceeded to sell at a penny a mug to the thirsty onlookers of the fire. The Inn received £3,200 in compensation for the damage. Jump to: navigation, search The Gordon riots were a Protestant religious uprising in London against the Roman Catholic Relief Act, 1778, which was intended to lessen the official discrimination against the Roman Catholics in England at the time. ...
1780 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
The Hall suffered from poor repair and two inadequate restorations in the nineteenth century. In 1932 the Mercers' Company organised substantial repairs to the roof and installed two fireplaces of Tudor design. The windows were reglazed, releded and reframed. They contain the armorial bearings of Principals of Barnard's Inn: Jump to: navigation, search 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...
The Tudor style, a term applied to the Perpendicular style, was originally that of the English architecture and decorative arts produced under the Tudor dynasty that ruled England from 1485 to 1603, characterized as an amalgam of Late Gothic style formalized by more concern for regularity and symmetry, with round...
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