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The Aldermen of the City of London
… until the dissolution of the monasteries in Henry VIII.'s reign), whose Companies are not either definitely stated in … J. Mathewe (14821499). Sir J. Tate (14851515). H. Clopton (14851496). W Purchase (14921502). N. Ailwyn … R. Tatersale (14201429). J. Brokle (14261444). R. Clopton (14341448). N. Yoo (14371444). J. Norman (14411458). …
A History of the County of Warwick
… all of whom were annually elected in the Bishop's Court. The earliest reference to the bailiff of Stratford … to consult with others of the company and with Sir John Clopton 'of fitt proposalls for alteracons & addic[i]ons to a … William Keyte (170941), 112 and their steward, Sir Hugh Clopton (16991746), 113 were strong Tories, and the former a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… have been some intention to rebuild the transepts, as Hugh Clopton (1496) and Thomas Handys (1502) bequeathed money for … but the doorway into itnow blockedis of Collingwood's time, though it seems likely that the building was only … east end of the north aisle became the burial place of the Clopton family and contains eight monuments to members and …
A History of the County of Warwick
… reference to inclosures at Stratford occurs in Wolsey's Inquisition of 151718, when Thomas Thomason was accused of … 12 But in spite of all these measures and of Shakespeare's and Dr. Hall's surmise that 'there will be nothing done at … lay to the north of the town, probably between the present Clopton Road and the Golf Course, including the southern …
A History of the County of Warwick
… The neighbourhood was the centre of the Gunpowder Plot; Clopton House was rented, about Michaelmas 1605, by Ambrose … when the house was searched by the bailiff after Fawkes's arrest. 1 During the Civil War the position of the town at … The other was at Bridgetown, where on 30 acres of Sir John Clopton's land 'there would be in a very short time as great …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Shottery, Luddington, Dodwell, Drayton, Bishopton, Clopton, Welcombe, Ruin Clifford, and Bridgetown, besides the … is described in 1016 as lying between Shottery and Clopton, and its boundaries as then enumerated include the … and Chapel Lane, Old Town as far as the north side of Hall's Croft, and all the land of the college which lay to the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… in exchange for a monastery at Fladbury, which Egwin's predecessor Ostfor had obtained from Ethelred, King of … Worcester and Archbishop of York, granted 3 messuages in CLOPTON to his servant Eadric for three lives. 97 Apart from … of any interest that the church of Worcester had in Clopton, which by the time of Edward the Confessor was held …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Poet Will Shakespere.' 1 There is evidence that Stratford's principal claim to fame was recognized even as early as … the importunities of visitors anxious to see Shakespeare's mulberry tree in New Place Garden drove the owner, the Rev. … doubt the large barn adjoining the Unicorn Hotel near the Clopton bridge, and it may have been for this theatre that an …
A History of the County of Warwick
… sea-level, overlooking the well-defined valley of Plant's Brook, which flows eventually into the Tame. Most of the … the manor to his widow Agnes (daughter of Sir John Clopton of Clopton) and her heirs and assigns, 285 but the will was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… off to form a combination room below with Master's rooms above. 6 The building to the north-east of the … the site of the present Westmorland building, the 'Founder's range' was built, the east side of the court being left … advowson of Preston (Suff.) and in 1656 John Wells gave Clopton with Thurning (Northants.); a little later John …