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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. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This township derives the adjunct to its name from the family of Bulmer, one of whom, Sir John Bulmer, was attainted … to the Leakes, and one to a member of the Wharton family; in the vestry is a figure of a warrior, with a lion … with a lofty spire, and contains memorials to the Maunsell family. Robert Talbot, an early English antiquary, was born …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a very ancient and curious monument of the Vere family, former lords of the manor. There are places of … cruciform structure, and has several monuments to the family of Lucas. There is a place of worship for … house. The church contains several monuments to the Elwes family, who formerly had a mansion here; one of the …
Old and New London
… it was anciently a rectory, in the gift of the noble family of Nevil, who probably conferred the name upon the … in Basing Lane, Cheapside, an executor of the Outwich family leaving them the advowson of St. Martin Outwich, and … managed to escape by the influence of the Chesterfield family, and the mob threatened vengeance. Aislabie, who had …