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Alumni Oxonienses
… author of "The Life and Reign of James I."; died at Felsted, Essex, Oct., 1652, buried in the chancel of the … 9 April, 1638; D.Med. of Padua Jan., 1641-2; incorporated at Oxford 10 Oct., 1646, fellow college of physicians 1649; … B.A. 12 June, 1588, M.A. 15 June, 1591, perhaps vicar of Stratford-on-Avon, co. Worcester, 1619. brother of Robert …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, … and the engagement is now thought to have occurred at a place named Ellendune, in another part of the county. A … stations by three roads, one of which ran by Bemerton, Stratford St. Anthony, and Woodyates-Inn, towards Dorchester; …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Early history EARLY HISTORY Wilton situated at a strategic point on the river systems of southern … the King of Wessex and the Archbishop of Canterbury made at Kingston on Thames was confirmed at Wilton, and while the … (7), Netheravon (5), Durnford (4), Fifield Bavant (2), Stratford Tony (1), Castle Combe (1), Sherrington (1), …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… REPRESENTATION Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost … Martin, South Newton, Wishford, Woodford, Great Durnford, Stratford-sub-Castle, Britford, West Harnham, Homington, Coombe Bissett, Stratford Tony, Bishopstone, Compton Chamberlayne, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… between Colehill, Holt and Pamphill. The town grew up at the point where an E.-W. route following the N. bank of … by a strict rule. An early description of conditions at the monastery is included in the life of St. Leofgyth (a … on the basis of information from Leofgyth's disciples: 3 '[At Wimborne] two monasteries were of old founded by kings of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… a unit of aesthetic and historical interest. Manor Farm at Monkton Up Wimborne has a 16th-century timber-framed … almost entirely rebuilt. Close affinities with the church at Blandford Forum ( Dorset III, 19) suggest John and William … with the capitals of the pilasters define the stages. At the top a modillion cornice is surmounted by a plain …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… boundary on the E. with Orwell reflects the field lay-out at the S. end; on the higher ground to the N. it is … ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk outcrop is irregular, the long … Soc. XII (1935), plate XXXV). Letters from Dr. William Stratford to Harley in April 1721 show that work was in hand …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of 1688, though some state this to have occurred at Cirencester. In 1747, a considerable portion of the town … the Tything; two constables for the former are appointed at the manorial court, and a court leet for the hundred is held annually, at which a tything-man is chosen for the latter. The powers …