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A History of the County of Somerset
… and racehorse owner James Buchanan (d. 1935) was created Baron Woolavington. 9 MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES WOOLAVINGTON … on grazing land is evident from orders in the manor courts. Broad Drove, beside the causeway north of the … covers the years 1709-35. Sessions were termed manor courts or courts baron and were held between two and four …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Langton, in the reign of Edward III. held Wolueston as baron of Makerfield. How long the property continued in this …
The Environs of London
… History of Kent, vol. i. p. 44. A Court-leet and Court-baron are held annually by Sir John Shaw, tenant of that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division … convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) WOOTTON ( St. Mary), a parish, in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century. 18 By then the hundred bailiff held three-weekly courts, and there were 'great hundreds' twice each year, near … frankpledge. Probably then, as in the 14th century, the courts met at Old Woodstock, 19 presumably at a gate of the … steward and sometimes confused with the manorial courts, 32 were held on a single day at Glympton, Barford St. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… From the 17th century the court was called a court baron. It was not usually held more than once a year and its …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… sheriff is returning officer. The recorder holds quarterly courts of session for all offences within the city and county … of May and October, have nearly fallen into disuse. Manor courts occur occasionally; and the county magistrates hold … of the treasury under James II., and was in 1644 created a baron, of Worlaby, or Worletby; a title that became extinct …