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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of 3 … bishop granted a life-interest in the estate to Ethelwald and his son Ahlmund. 45 The bishop no longer owned an estate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in 1540. Presentations were made by the Crown in 1342-3 and 1370, and (under royal grant) by Mary (née de Brewes), countess of … VIS/17/2/ Fordham deanery. Walker Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 82-3; Bury Classis, ii (Chetham Soc. N.S. xli), …
The Environs of London
… hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven miles and a half from Whitechapel church. The parish is bounded by Chigwell, Chingford, Walthamstow, Wanstead, and Barking. It contains about 2000 acres of land, of which … John Shepard, rector, 1789; Mary his wife, daughter of Matthews Beachcroft, Esq. 1762; Christopher Puller, Esq. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and Amesbury, on the western side of the River Avon. The … is bounded on the east by the winding course of the river and on the west by the old turnpike road from Salisbury to … extending a little over 3 miles from north to south, and from east to west about 2 miles in the north and 1 mile …
A History of the County of Essex
… at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and northern boundaries ran through Epping Forest, part of … was amalgamated with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and Woodford was formed. In 1965 Wanstead and Woodford, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … 1500-1714, 1332. Ibid. 830. Walker Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 152. D.N.B. Wood, Athenae, iii. 398; [T. Widdowes], …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as Parker, Porter, Franklin, Despenser, and Marshall; other names were derived from the building …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Whateley preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. … of 1868. 84 V.C.H. Oxon. xi. 116-17; Calamy Revised, ed. Matthews, 522. Boro. Mun. 96, f. 54; Bp. Fell and Nonconf. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 inhabitants. The living is a … 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At … to Christ. In the side of the Mendip hills, about a mile and a half from the village, is the curious cavern termed …