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A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the shire, pp. 8088. II. Ploughs and teamlandsploughs on demesne and ploughs among the menholders of the men's teams, pp. … encouragement in preparing this article and to Sir Frank Stenton and Sir Goronwy Edwards for their kind advice. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… francigene, Anglici, milites, villani, bordarii, cotarii, and servi. In addition there are recorded a number of homines, and a few burgenses appear as holders of arable land. There … is often, however, deceptively simple and as Sir Frank Stenton has said: 'No line of research will ever give to …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… the line of the three main rivers, the Thames, the Lea, and the Colne. Meadow is recorded on the manors of Edmonton, Enfield, and Tottenham in the Lea valley, at Stepney between the … Laws of the Kings of Eng., ed. A. J. Robertson, 292. F. M. Stenton, Norman London, 27. Ibid. 6; A. S. Writs, ed. Harmer, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… that in the neighbouring counties of Hertfordshire 10 and Essex 11 the former royal lands may have been entered in … the one manor of Harmondsworth (48), assessed at 30 hides, and a tenement of one hide in Spelthorne Hundred (49), and … Eng. Society, 238. See translation, entry no. 80. Stenton, A.S. Eng. 567. He is named in 1066 as the holder of …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Dunbar - Dundee Dunbar DUNBAR, a burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Haddington; containing, with the … by the French, who were expected to make a descent at Belhaven bay, an encampment was formed on the common of West … of Pinkterton, Heatherwic, Whittingham, Penshiel, Stenton, and Spott. Patrick, the tenth earl of Dunbar, in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Ealing and Brentford Growth of Brentford GROWTH OF BRENTFORD. The town grew up as Old Brentford in Ealing parish and New Brentford in Hanwell. It was united under a local … Cod. Dipl. ed. Kemble, i, p. 172. Ibid. pp. 173-4. F. M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon Eng. (1971), 391. Canham, Brentford, …
A History of the County of Chester
… Chester 400-1230 EARLY MEDIEVAL CHESTER 400-1230 Sub-roman and early english chester Although in the early 8th century Bede called Chester a city ( civitas) and clearly knew of it as a Roman place, he said nothing … and Earls of Mercia. Bradshaw, Life, 157-8; F. M. Stenton, A.-S. Eng. (3rd edn.), 574-5. Bradshaw, Life, 162-9. …
A History of the County of Chester
… Economic infrastructure and institutions Roads and road transport ROADS AND ROAD TRANSPORT Roads Chester has … (1967), 1705, 1837, 28994, 2969, 31823. Gough Map; F. M. Stenton, 'Rd. System of Medieval Eng.' Econ. H.R. [1st ser.], …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Edinburgh EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3 10' 30" (W.), and latitude 55 57' 29" (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from … the north-west tower is a handsome marble monument to Lord Belhaven, of the Douglas family, who died in 1639; but though …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Mr. J. Horace Round, M.A., LL.D., for various suggestions and corrections made while passing the sheets of this volume through the press, and to his Honour Sir Thomas Snagge, LL.D., Mr. F. M. Stenton, M.A., and Mr. C. Gore Chambers, M.A., for similar …