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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… manor houses of the village, which passed to the Lovell family in the mid 13th century. In 1304 John Lovell obtained …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… acres. In the church are handsome memorials to the Buxton family, proprietors of the parish. Tocketts TOCKETTS, a … belonged to the Earl of Morton; it afterwards came to the family of de Brus, and was more recently held by the Thwengs, … and messuages called " Green Tockholes in Livesey;" the family of Holinshed more recently held the lordship, and on …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… plant of tropical America, and a member of the Nightshade family. The nitrogenous compound, nicotine, is found both in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Fox mere," belonged in the reign of Edward III. to the family of Radcliffe, a branch from Radcliffe Tower, which … purposes. Toft Hall is the ancient seat of the Leycester family, of whom Ralph Gerard Leycester, Esq., is the present … books at 7. 18. 6., and in the gift of the Townshend family: the great tithes have been commuted for 155, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… was for many generations the residence of the family of the Mackays, from whom the surrounding district, to … were granted by the Macdonalds to two brothers of the family of the Mc Leans, who, during a visit which they paid … in reward of their eminent services, to the Argyll family, of whom the present Duke sold the lands of Torosay …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and two cartouches with painted arms of the Gardner family. ConditionGood. b(4). The Cage, at the N.W. corner of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in N.E. corner, slab with inscription to the Hall family; probably 18th century. Piscina: In E. wall of N. … and, reset at the centre, the heraldic ape of the Martyn family. The doorway within the porch has a four-centred head …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Duke of Buckingham, the last powerful member of that family, in the reign of Henry VIII., it was seized by the … extremity of the parish. Tong Castle, the seat of the family of Durant, a magnificent mansion remodelled in the … living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Durant family: the stipend of the incumbent was originally 14 per …
The Environs of London
… should more properly be Gravenel, being the name of a family who had considerable property here in the twelfth and … to Sir Richard Sackville 11. It continued in the Sackville family till the middle of the last century 12. George Earl of …
A History of the County of Chester
… Hall was rebuilt following its acquisition by the Cowper family after the Restoration. 6 Just outside the walls on … bays dating from c. 1700 and belonging to the Comberbach family. 7 Near by in Vicars Lane was the vicarage house of … which in the mid 18th century was occupied by the Hesketh family and frequented by the gentry during race week, was by …