London . - attached to [Bear-baiting in the Seventeenth Century.] Westward of this spot, and extending in the direction of Bagnigo-e Wells, is adistrict once known as the Jervoise Estate. On the site of the row of houses nowcalled Cobham Row, at the eastern end of Mount Pleasant, formerly resided SirJohn Oldcastle, afterwards Lord Cobham. a distinguished nobleman in the reignof Edward III. He it was who promulgated AVickliffcs writings amono- thepeople, an act for which he was burnt in the year 1417. His memory was held ingreat respect by the public at large, and for a long period af
London . - attached to [Bear-baiting in the Seventeenth Century.] Westward of this spot, and extending in the direction of Bagnigo-e Wells, is adistrict once known as the Jervoise Estate. On the site of the row of houses nowcalled Cobham Row, at the eastern end of Mount Pleasant, formerly resided SirJohn Oldcastle, afterwards Lord Cobham. a distinguished nobleman in the reignof Edward III. He it was who promulgated AVickliffcs writings amono- thepeople, an act for which he was burnt in the year 1417. His memory was held ingreat respect by the public at large, and for a long period afterwards the plot ofground on which his house stood was named after him. At a subsequent perioda house of entertainment, called the Sir John Oldcastle, was opened on thisspot. About ninety years ago a portion of the Cobham Estate was presented bythe then proprietor to the trustees of a Small-pox Hospital, the first of its kind inEurope. The institution, at its first establishment, consisted of three buildino-s :one in Old Street
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