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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of Our Lady St. Mary and St. Michael, at Stamford-Baron. Wootton (St. Mary) … Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the river for most of … gain a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its … Limestone in the N. down through the limestones, clay and silts of the Estuarine Series to Northampton Sands and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was in use in the 14th century. 93 In 1300 the land between the eastern arms at the north and south ends of the parish, which either was or might soon have become part of the parish, was probably woodland and was defined as a southern tail of Savernake forest. It …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 miles (N. W. by W.) from … of money, which they transmitted for the king's use. These measures again drew upon them the vengeance of the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… knight one of the Kinges majesties justices of assizes and gayle deliverye for the countye of Worcester. The humble … him for his damages the summe of xxii pounds x shillings and for which he had an accion against thinhabitantes of the … inhabitantes of Norton aforesaid for not shewinge their measures before the clarke of the markett, the yeare before …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… The humble certificate of the parishioners of Claynes for and on the behalfe of John Wilkinson of the said parishe. Wee … hee liveth in the roade way from Worcester to Droyt Wich and other places remote, hee keepeth a victualinge house … of the said county at the said sessions Shewinge That the measures for corne espetially bushells and strikes in all the …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… peace for the said county in quarter sessions assembled, and to all others whom it shall or may concerne Wee whose … matter was heard in court, betweene the said inhabitantes and one Richard Grimell, concerninge the keepinge of a … childe whereof the said Richard is the putative father; and whereas the said Richard hath since the said sessions, …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… of our poore (to whom we pay 4 shillings per pound) and all manner of provisions soe excessive deer, by means … the poore are reduced soe low in their very smale estates and mean imployments, that they are not able to mainteine … favourably pleased to consider our necessitous condicions and either to annex and joyn us unto Claynes being our parish …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and Roger Bigot was steward of it for the Conqueror, who … of Gurth had been tenants. It was valued at ten shillings and sixpence, and paid one thousand herrings. There were also … shod a horse within it. The tradition may be true, for it measures twenty-seven feet in circumference at a foot from …