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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for one night in the Cathedral Close. In 1643, Sir Richard Dyott, with some of the principal gentlemen of the county, … porch of an adjoining house, was shot by a member of the Dyott family, from the battlements of the cathedral. The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Gothic style, consisted of a chancel with a chapel for the Dyott family on the north side and a vestry and organ chamber …
A History of the County of Stafford
… realigned c. 1700. During a law suit of the 1740s Richard Dyott of Freeford stated that originally the road ran across … 7 May 1833, 2 Dec. 1834, 2 May 1837; P.R.O., HO 107 1008; Dyott's Diary, ed. R. W. Jeffery, ii. 158. L.J.R.O., D. … 6 Mar. 1838; S.R.O., D. 661 11/2/3 1/13, 11 June 1836; Dyott's Diary, ed. Jeffery, ii. 197; J. Dewhirst, Map of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1700 five freeholders and leaseholders headed by Richard Dyott of Freeford, having agreed to inclose their land, gave … Cricket Lane, and Tamworth Road were bought by Anthony Dyott of Freeford from Ralph Jarman of Lichfield in 1610. New … of Ryknild Street, was probably cultivated as part of the Dyott estate, while Old Field was let. 49 Crops were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Clifford, master 17581805, 77 took such pupils. Richard Dyott of Freeford sent his son William to 'Clifford's school' … of Tamworth); L.J.R.O., P/C/11, John Clifford (1806). Dyott's Diary, ed. R. W. Jeffery, i, p. xi; Aris's Birmingham …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was shot dead, traditionally by the deaf and dumb John Dyott firing from the central tower of the cathedral. Sir … 4 March a mortar was set up in the garden of Sir Richard Dyott's house in Market Street. It caused panic in the Close, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… cathedral. It was acquired, evidently on lease, by Anthony Dyott of Freeford in 1610. 14 It covered 43 a. in 1847 when … it was sold by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners to William Dyott of Freeford. 15 It remained part of the Dyott estate in the late 1980s. By 1176, and apparently …
A History of the County of Stafford
… several were lawyers, such as members of the Weston and Dyott families. 15 The two members in the Short Parliament of 1640 were Richard Dyott of Freeford, a royalist, and Sir Walter Devereux, the … (Kent). 19 Lane died in 1667 and was succeeded by Richard Dyott, who had the support of the Presbyterians in the city; …
A History of the County of Stafford
… house. 184 It was apparently about then that Richard Dyott bought the city a new engine, 185 and the trustees …
A History of the County of Stafford
… extended in 1667 to the election as M.P. of Richard Dyott, who Hacket believed was completely under their …