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A History of the County of Worcester
… of a tenth of a knight's fee had passed to Alexander de Besford. 173 A parcel of land in Hill was forfeited in 1396 … v, 308. Richard Poer had once held this estate. John de Besford paid a subsidy of 1 s. 6 d. at Hill in 1327 ( Lay …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to the church in 1290, 23 and though Alexander de Besford and Margaret his wife presented in 1300 24 and 1302, … failed to make good his claim against Alexander de Besford, who stated that Avice had given the advowson and … and his wife Margaret. 27 The manor then descended with Besford 28 (q.v.) until the death of Alexander de Besford at …
A History of the County of Worcester
… with contingent remainders to Thomas son of Alexander de Besford and Thomas son of John Moraunt, sons of Margaret …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Herefordshire before the middle of the 16th century. See Besford above. Close, 2 Jas. I, pt. iv; Feet of F. Div. Co. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… father. 63 About 13889 John Pewyn bought of Alexander de Besford a messuage and a carucate of land at Peopleton 64 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… in 1698 to Sir Edward Sebright, 52 and descended with Besford (q.v.) in the Sebright family until about the middle … later Joan relict of Robert de Harley gave to Alexander de Besford all the land in Harley which belonged to her late … Cross at Pershore. All those who held land at Pershore, Besford, Defford, Birlingham, Wick, Brickle hampton, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Hill Wood, the three Croomes, Bucknell Wood, Sapyes Wood, Besford and Defford Woods and Severn Stoke. 8 After the … (Tiddelesca, Tedelee, Tidesle, xiii cent.) Wood, on the Besford boundary, now the largest wood in the parish of St. … of Mrs. Robert Hinshaw. Defford, now forming with Besford a separate ecclesiastical parish, lies to the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 1587, alienated the manor in 1614 to William Sebright of Besford. 38 It then followed the descent of Besford 39 (q.v.) until the last quarter of the 19th century, … a large part becoming building land. 40 Sebright of Besford, baronet. Argent three cinqfoils sable. A park …
A History of the County of Warwick
… William Millwarde. 34 If this was Sir Edmund Harewell of Besford the sale was no doubt part of the general dispersal …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… may have been the Pinchpool estate. Edmund Hanswell of Besford (Worcs.) was dealing with the manor in 1588, 55 and …