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  Chequers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Chequers, or Chequers Court, is a large house to the south east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England, that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills.
Elias Ostiarius' coat of arms included the chequer board of the Exchequer, so it is likely he named his estate after his arms and position at court.
She had married without her family's consent and was banished from court by Queen Elizabeth I and kept confined to ensure that, in the words of that great virgin Queen, "there were no little bastards".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chequers_Court   (951 words)

  
 In Re: Sunwest Hotel Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Chequers was a creditor of the debtor and proposed a plan of reorganization under which it (or its nominee) would become the owner of Sunwest's hotel.
The Court is uncertain of the basis of an average he stated and of the assumptions he made to arrive at this figure.
The Court remains convinced Kansas law requires the hotel's goodwill value to be separated from the value of the real property because ad valorem real property taxes are imposed on the value of the real property, not on that value plus the value of the intangible goodwill of the business being operated on the property.
www.washlaw.edu /bankrupt/cases/1997/19971003/924007911.1003.htm   (3133 words)

  
 Chequers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Chequers (Chequers Court) is a large house to the south east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire that sits at the foot ofthe Chiltern Hills.
She had married without her family's consent and was banished from court by Queen Elizabeth I and kept confined to ensure that, in thewords of that great virgin Queen, "there were no little bastards".
Hence, after lengthy discussions with the then Prime Minister David Lloyd George, Chequers was given to the nation as acountry retreat for the serving Prime Minister by the Chequers Estate Act 1917.
www.therfcc.org /chequers-125223.html   (902 words)

  
 Chequers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Chequers (Chequers Court) is a large house to the south east of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire that sits at the foot of the Chiltern Hills.
It was this same John Hawtrey who, immediatly after completing the house, had the dubious honour of guarding a royal prisoner at Chequers -- Lady Mary Grey, younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and great grand-daughter of King Henry VII.
The 'cell' where she slept from 1565 to 1567 is still kept as it was, and appears even by today's standards quite a comfortable bedroom, even if, in the best "olde worlde" tradition of interior design.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/chequers   (986 words)

  
 In Re: Sunwest Hotel Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Chequers was a creditor of the debtor and proposed a plan of reorganization which was confirmed on October 27, 1993.
The confirmed plan of reorganization limits Chequers' obligation to pay administrative expense claims in two ways: (A) it will not have to pay more than $50,000 toward satisfaction of allowed administrative claims, and (B) it will be liable for allowed administrative expense claims only if they have not already been otherwise paid.
Chequers has already paid substantially all of the $50,000, and those funds have been distributed to allowed administrative claimants on their claims.
www.washlaw.edu /bankrupt/cases/1997/19971209/924007911.1209.htm   (573 words)

  
 Croydon Netball League News
Chequers took the lead immediately and were soon 7 goals to 2 up, but Highlanders were not going to be beaten without a fight, they soon caught up and the 2nd quarter score line was extremely close.
Chequers GS, Pippa Jones was on excellent form and was scoring goals from any spot in the goal circle to increase the score and Chequers were soon broke away.
Chequers knew that they would certainly need to up their game if they were to win, and so they did with four consecutive goals in a similar time they were able to win the game with a six goal lead making the final score 34:28 to Chequers.
www.croydon-netball.co.uk /News/news.htm   (8531 words)

  
 National Interest, The: Diplomacy and Disillusion at the Court of Margaret Thatcher
Urban's account of his appearances at her "court", she might well be tempted to revive it.
He requests and is given a one-on-one interview in her crowded schedule (on the day of an Anglo-Italian summit and only a week after the Brighton hotel bombing) to put the case that the Prime Minister should wander around European capitals giving a series of major speeches on how to shape a united Europe.
Urban discovers that she is much less open to argument, tends to listen to "courtiers", is in the grip of outdated nationalist prejudices, and as a result disagrees with him.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m2751/is_n46/ai_19130152   (1453 words)

  
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A female RAF chef made unwelcome sexual advances to a Wren after a heavy, all day drinking binge at the end of a Christmas party at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence, a court martial was told yesterday.
Cpl Rose McLaughlin, 30, dressed in her underwear, is alleged to have followed the Wren, 25 to staff quarters and then indecently assaulting her.
Both women were working at Chequers, in Buckinghamshire, on attachment from their units.
uk.gay.com /printit/headlines/602   (183 words)

  
 Politics | Guess who's coming to Chequers? Pop stars and tobacco bosses
Omand wrote to the ombudsman to complain that some of the individuals entertained on official business at Chequers were ministers and civil servants and that to disclose their names 'could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion'.
Chequers was donated to the nation in 1917 by Lord Farnham, who thought it wrong that 20th-century Prime Ministers no longer had their own country estates.
Ministers who were invited to Chequers include Trade Secretary Patricia Hewitt, former Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, Treasury Chief Secretary Paul Boatang, Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell with her husband David Mills, the controversial lawyer who used to advise Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5094704-107982,00.html   (989 words)

  
 Blair Kirkman - Retail - Huntingdon, Chequers Court
The freehold interest of Chequers Court had been purchased as part of Churchmanor's comprehensive redevelopment proposals for Huntingdon.
Chequers Court forms the natural link between the recently opened 50,000 sq.
Chequers Court is a 1960's precinct with some 31 shop units, 130 car parking spaces to provide approximately 85,000 sq.
www.propertymall.com /press/article/251   (299 words)

  
 ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Chequers
Chequers, Buckinghamshire, Elizabethan gabled manor house completed in 1565 for William Hawtrey.
It is named after a 12th-century owner of the estate...
Chequers Court, near Monks Risborough in the Chilterns and close to the old Icknield Way, was given to the nation in 1917 by Viscount Lee of Fareham...
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 Chequers : The Ridgeway Companion
Chequers Court became the official residence of the British Prime Minister in 1921 through the generosity of its owners, Lord and Lady Lee of Fareham.
All the preparations for establishing and administering the trust having been completed, the Prime Minister held his house warming on 8th January 1921.
The locals seem to expect their conversations to be bugged; at least that is one explanation for the camera that watches you as you follow the Ridgeway path.
www.windisch.co.uk /ridgeway/html/0080_chequers.htm   (419 words)

  
 get: chequers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
The Chequers Inn at Wooburn Common in Buckinghamshire.
Chequers English Pub andamp; Restaurant is an authentic style English bar located in the center of Cascais, Portugal.
Chequers is famous in Cascais for its amazing atmosphere and latest music mixed by top...
wirgegenkrieg.de /chequers.html   (229 words)

  
 Buckinghamshire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
Chequers Court, a mansion which is basically Tudor with later alterations and emendations, has recently leaped almost into line with Windsor or Hampton Court, but it was always on of the “show” houses of the country, if only for its famous Cromwell portraits and relics.
In the church are the tombs of the poet and his mother, “Dorothy Gray, the careful, tender mother of many children, of whom one alone had the misfortune to survive her,” as her epitaph (composed by Gray himself) records.
Stoke Court is an enlarged and elaborate modern representative of West End Cottage, where Gray lived with relatives during his period of residence at Stoke Poges.
www.british-towns.net /england/buckinghamshire.asp   (3078 words)

  
 Chequers
The closure of the club was a direct result of the police’s raid on the club in 1997 and their complaints that the club had been suffered for the use of the sale and use of Class A, B and C drugs.
The Court said that Chequers was a ‘special case’ because of its remote location.
Chequers’ Licensee Mrs H G Jones in won costs against South Pembrokeshire District Council totalling some £16,400 in Tenby Magistrates Court when the club successfully defeated SPDC over various legal matters.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk /digisma1/1.html   (3995 words)

  
 Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net
It was this same John Hawtrey who, immediately after completing the house, had the dubious honour of guarding a royal prisoner at Chequers—Lady Mary Grey, younger sister of Lady Jane Grey and great grand-daughter of Henry VII of England King Henry VII.
She had married without her family's consent and was banished from court by Elizabeth I of England Queen Elizabeth I and kept confined to ensure that, in the words of that great virgin Queen, "there were no little bastards".
Arthur Lee (a politician born in 1868) and his United States American heiress wife Ruth were in need of a country home and Chequers suited their needs.
www.mauspfeil.net /Chequers.html   (1129 words)

  
 Fight for your right to party!
Chequers Country Club is a purpose built nightclub and pub build at Crackwell, Penally near Tenby on the A4193 between Penally Training Camp and Lidstep.
The Wrongful Closure in 1997The closure of the club was a direct result of the polices raid on the club in 1997 and their complaints that the club had been suffered for the use of the sale and use of Class A, B and C drugs.
Tony Davies was defeated in Court in 1994 by the clubs then licensees who refused to conform to the 10:45pm last entry policy.
www.chequers.5u.com /pel.html   (12676 words)

  
 Telegraph | News
A woman RAF chef made unwelcome sexual advances to a Wren after an all-day drinking session at Chequers, the Prime Minister's official country residence, a court martial was told yesterday.
Cpl Rose McLaughlin, 30, dressed in her underwear, is alleged to have followed the 25-year-old Wren to staff quarters and then indecently assaulted her by kissing one of her breasts, attempting to pull her top off and putting her hands down her knickers.
Wg Cdr Simon Rowlinson, prosecuting, told the court martial panel that the accused was helped to her bedroom by the Wren, who then went to her own quarters where she started to write Christmas cards.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/08/06/nwren06.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/08/06/ixhome.html   (370 words)

  
 Chequers Inn : 100304   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
It is understood to take its name from the method used at one time of counting money on a chequered cloth to make counting easier.
Situated opposite the village cricket pitch, the Chequers offers an ideal base from which to visit Sandringham, nearby bird reserves, and the lovely North Norfolk beaches, not to mention the walkers dream that is the Peddars Way.
Mouth-watering examples from the specials board include seafood mixed grill, medallions of ostrich with wild mushroom and Madeira sauce, skate wing with fl butter and capers, or baked avacado pear stuffed with crab and baked with course grain mustard and cheddar cheese sauce.
www.theaa.com /pubs/100304p.html   (196 words)

  
 Benham and Reeves Residential Lettings - Central London specialists in residential property lettings and management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
A new breed of Apartment-Hotel, this Georgian block of townhouse-style apartments is 1 block from Gloucester Road Tube and lies very close to the Natural History, Science and VandA Museums.
Chequers offers four-star hotel services plus the privacy and freedom of self-contained apartments.
With high ceilings and polished wooden floors and tasteful throw rug decorations, Chequers is refreshingly spacious and bright.
www.benhamreeveslettings.co.uk /shortlets/southken_chequers.html   (105 words)

  
 Rules to Period Games
Chequers: Also known as quek, apparently not related to the modern game checkers.
This was apparently a simple game of luck, tossing pieces onto a checkerboard and betting on whether they land on white or fl.
The ORB has a nice brief account of a court case involving a fixed quek board.
www.jducoeur.org /game-hist/game-rules.html   (3940 words)

  
 BBC News | UK | Home from home
Lord Lee donated Chequers to the nation in 1917, though the first Prime Ministerial resident was Lloyd George who began to use it in 1921.
Historians believe that there has been a manor house on the site since Roman times and was the seat of various noble families up until modern times.
But a more telling reminder of the relationship between the UK and the USA may be the fact that Chequers is just a few miles from "RAF" High Wycombe - until recently the US military's largest and most important "forward operation" command centre outside North America and the Pacific.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk/1437721.stm   (456 words)

  
 Hotels in London, hotels, b&bs, guesthouses in London   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
A newly refurbished 2+ hotel is situated close to the West End theatres, cinemas, restaurants and world famous shops and just a short walk away from Oxford street.The Hyde Park and Whiteleys shopping centre is also nearby.We offer a quiet, resful atmosphere to collect one's thoughts, switch off from daily grind.
Chequers of Kensington opened in November 1998 and is a contemporary designed apartment-hotel in a Victorian Building.
London, Chequers Is Located In The Hea, Harrods Is Only A 15 Minute Wa, Gloucester Road Underground St Sorry, this hotel currently does not have any rates entered.
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He was convicted at Swansea Crown Court of drugs offences and sentenced to a term in prison.
It is suspected that the proximity of the club to his home and the fact that he was allegedly assaulted at the premises in the early 1990s may have contributed to his obvious hate of the Penally nightspot.
She argued that Evolution Event Promotions Limited had not collected its summons, sent by recorded delivery, and therefore the complexities caused by this meant that the case could not be dealt with by the magistrates.
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 Recent Deals - Construction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
He considered that the words had to be construed in the commercial context of a turnover rent which is to share the risk of trading success between the landlord and tenant.
Clearly this tax was included within the definition of turnover and the Judge considered that VAT, which superseded purchase tax and was analogous to it in that it also affected the ultimate prices, should also be included in the turnover for the purposes of calculating the rent.
We persuaded the Court to grant an urgent summary possession order in an unusual form covering all of the properties within the scheme on the basis that there was a substantial risk that, when evicted from one building within the scheme, the squatters would simply move into one of the others.
www.maplesteesdale.co.uk /rd_litig.htm   (698 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | England | Woman corporal denies indecent assault
An RAF corporal confessed to the Prime Minister's housekeeper at Chequers to touching a young naval rating's breasts, a court martial has heard.
Housekeeper Linda Lalley told the court martial that Cpl McLaughlin admitted "misreading the signs" when she visited the Wren, who was dressed in her underwear after the party, in her room.
Mrs Lalley, a long-standing employee at Chequers, said that during the party the "extrovert" Cpl McLaughlin had kissed the Wren, to her embarrassment, in front of all the other guests to thank her for finding a number on her mobile phone.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2178902.stm   (423 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 8 Apr 2003 (pt 3)
The Crown Court Case Management System, CREST, is able to provide the Department with data on the progress of all cases including Street Crime Initiative cases through the courts.
My family and I have used Chequers in a variety of ways, both official and private, consistent with the wishes of the donor, Lord Lee, and the Chequers Estate Acts 1917 and 1958.
The use of Chequers is governed by the Acts, and all meetings held at Chequers comply with the requirements of the Act.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200203/cmhansrd/vo030408/text/30408w03.htm   (1217 words)

  
 LondonTown.com | Chequers Close Guide | Chequers Close London, NW9, England, UK | London Streets by Street | London ...
Chequers Close is located in the borough of Barnet
The nearest underground station to Chequers Close is 'Colindale ' which is about 5 minutes to the North East.
There are 3 London streets also called Chequers Close:
www.londontown.com /LondonStreets/chequers_close_05a.html   (87 words)

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