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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… road via Salisbury and Bath crossed the parish's western tip, became less important in the 18th century, 17 … O.S. Map 6", Wilts. LX. NW. (1926 edn.). V.C.H. Wilts. i (1), 378, 155, 252, 262, 273; i (2), 417. Ibid. iv. 308. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 340; Census, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of the Ebble valley 21 km. WSW. of Salisbury on Wiltshire's border with Dorset. It formed an inverted U; its short … p. 96. W.A.M. xxxi. 7981; below, manors. V.C.H. Wilts. i (1), 3840, 156, 223, 250, 252, 262, 273. Arch. Jnl. lxxvii. … of Pembroke, ed. C. R. Straton (Roxburghe Club, 1909), i. 106; above, Alvediston, manors. W.R.O. 1764/13. Inclosure …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Stoke Road, and is in the south of the parish. St. Peter's Church, described by Habington as 'a poore chappell buylded … paten of 1881. The registers before 1812 are as follows: (i) 1539 to 1658 (burials to 1642 and marriages to 1650 only); … of Agric. (1905). Burton and Pearson, Bibliog. of Worcs. i, 51; Priv. Act, 24 Geo. II, cap. 26. Part of the wood of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.); Legh (xiii cent.); Besilsly (xv cent.); Bessell's Lee (xvi cent.). Bessels Leigh is a small parish containing … very strong, and they will be very ill neighbours to us. I am preparing a party to go thither this night to remove … estates that had been seized by the Danes, from Henry I. 39 This grant no doubt put the abbey into possession of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… up conspicuously on the crest of the chalk hill. The Duke's Grove is a fir plantation below Brockham Warren, planted by … was built by Sir Ralph Freeman in the reign of Charles I. It was called Betchworth Place, and therefore probably … son Thomas, and the latter by his son Henry, who married Ann Knolles and died in 1527, leaving as sole heir his …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… danger of robbers through the hazardous road of Shooter's hill hither) and among the woods, at the western extremity, … continued in the crown, till it was granted by king James I. in fee to Sir John Spilman, his jeweller, originally … died possessed of it in 1666, upon which his widow, Lady Ann Austen retired to this seat with her younger children, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… until 1620 or later. 28 The estate descended to William's great-granddaughter, Agnes, wife of William de Windsor, who … 129 Ingram of Bicknoller, chaplain, recorded in Edward I's reign, 130 probably served the church, which has not been … been acquired by the parish as a poorhouse. 166 In Edward I's reign land was given for three masses a year for Henry de …
Magna Britannia
… manor was held in demesne by William Portitor (the king's door-keeper), and he is said to have held it by the service … the king's gaol for the county of Devon. 2 King Henry I. gave it to John Janitor, so called from the tenure by … independence of the colonies. 7 In the reign of Charles I., the Bideford merchants imported large quantities of wool …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… westward along the stream by Barden furnace to Pound's bridge, which separates this parish from that of Tunbridge, … the parish of Tunbridge. IN THE REIGN of king Edward I. George le Chaun was in possession of this place; 1 but … on the levying the aid of forty shillings, on every knight's fee, for making the black prince a knight, Thomas Chaune, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… having as tenants Ralph and Serlo de Ros. 5 William Spec's overlordship subsequently followed the same descent as the … to his son Thomas Boteler. 33 He was knighted by James I, and died in 1625, leaving five sons and three daughters, … to hold 5 virgates in Biddenham of the gift of William I. 44 In 1086 four burgesses of Bedford held land in …