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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… the marble slab where lie the bodies of Margery, Margaret, and Johanna his [late] wives. To Margery his wife a certain … Bovyndon, master of the house of S. Thomas aforesaid, and brethren of the same, so that they keep his obit and have … the parishes of Maldon and Wathampstede in the counties of Bedford and Hertford are to sell the same, the proceeds being …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1614, of Lincoln's Inn 1621, rector of Lydlinch 1609, and vicar of Fordington, (both) Dorset, 1609, rector of East … of Lincoln 1624, rector of Nutfield, Surrey, 1627-34, and of Foots Cray, Kent, 1633. See Foster's Index Eccl. … Coll. 30 Jan., 1604-5, M.A. 13 Nov., 1611; rector of Bedford St. Martin 1621; perhaps licenced 29 Sept., 1623, to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Manors and lesser estates MANORS AND LESSER ESTATES In 1086 Wilton was in the custody of … die without male heirs, to his son John, later Duke of Bedford. 15 The duke held the borough until his death in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Two burgesses represented Wilton at the Parliament of 1295 and from thence onwards, almost without a break, the borough … who represented Wilton in the Parliaments of 13045, 1309 and 131415, was a goldsmith, 3 Walter Colkyng, one of the … between 1414 and 1423, 9 was receiver of the Duke of Bedford, and was an escheator and coroner, and his son …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton … of whom it was purchased in the year 1661 by the Earl of Bedford, and others, as trustees for George Digby Earl of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a … in the other, those of their third son, George, Duke of Bedford: the remains of both were reinterred in the same tomb …
Survey of London
… to its present site at the corner of Cleveland Street and Mortimer Street. St. Pancras Female Charity School was … show that nearly all the houses on both the north and south sides of the street were occupied by the year 1770. … A new meeting house was built for him in Keppel Street (Bedford Square) in 1795. There was a large secession from him …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … in the castle under the care of his uncle the Duke of Bedford. An inventory of the king's property taken on his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … Chalgrave, union of Woburn, hundred of Manshead, county of Bedford; containing 160 inhabitants. Wingfield (St. Andrew) …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a … outfall, a village site protected by the 'Roman Bank', and a landward extension into the fen-was originally the same … along Leverington Common towards Parson Drove. The Bedford Level Act of 1663 4 authorized the inclosure, …