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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted in the 33rd of Henry VIII. to John Aske, to whose family the patronage or foundership had descended from the …
Cardiff Records
… This was anciently the seat of a branch of the Morgan family, and, during the first half of the 18th century, was …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… mesne lords. Another mesne lordship was held by the Playce family. In 12845 'the heirs of W. Playce' held an … lord of the township. 47 The manor passed to the Saltmarsh family in 1336 on the marriage of Ellen, daughter and heir of … of 243 a., went in 1802 to John Dunnington, 56 whose family had held a small estate in Thorganby since, it is …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… character. Ford Abbey, the seat and estate of the Gwyn family, was sold in Sept. 1846, for 52,650. Jeremy Bentham …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… also two later hatchments of the Gwynne family. Helmet (Plate 18): on N. wall, close-helmet of a … formed part of a semi-fortified manor-house of the Brook family. The tower is a nearly square structure (12 ft. by 11 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 1613; the place confers the title of Baron on the Russell family. Thornhill THORNHILL, a township, in the parish of … from Dewsbury. This place was the seat of the Thornhill family, for many generations proprietors of the manor, which … the remains of the castellated mansion of the Thornhill family, which was garrisoned by Sir George Saville for the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… in 1275. 55 The property continued to descend in the Vescy family. 56 In 1289-90 and 1316 the 4-carucate estate was held … were bought by Henry Stubbins in 1921, 66 and the Stubbins family have since acquired a further 200 a. which were … remained with the Mortimers until 1425, when the family's earldom of March passed to Richard, duke of York. 69 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… inhabitants. This place was the manor and residence of a family named Heron. It is situated on the borders of … with wood. Thornton Hall, the property of the Horton family, an ancient quadrangular structure of great size, and … also in the township, was the seat of a distinguished family; and at Headley is an old mansion in the Elizabethan …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place derived the suffix to its name from the De Arch family, who came over with the Conqueror, and obtained large … and it appears afterwards to have belonged to the Ferrers family. Thorpe (St. Peter) THORPE ( St. Peter), a parish, in … under the abbots of Chertsey in the 15th century, by a family named Thorpe: after the Dissolution, Queen Elizabeth …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… is so then the gardens were perhaps laid out by the Kirton family who held the manor of Thorpe Mandeville at that time. …