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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of … 'ni disfaciant utlagos.' From Winchester this grim mercy 4 spread under the warrant of royal charter to … by Aubrey's attorney declared that neither of Aubrey's sisters ought to have or could have any part in the messuage …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor of Clewer, which was held of the king by Ralf son of Seifrid, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of the Order of the Garter, but if, as seems probable, 'Andrew Windsor …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WINKEBURNE. WINCHEBURNE. In Wincheburne before the coming of the Normans, Swayne had for his manor twelve bov. for the … 1 had in demesne two car. and fifteen sochm. on four bov. of land, and seven vill. five bord. having seven car. There … Bristow, esq; mentioned in Beefthorp, descended from two sisters, branches of that family. This Richard Bristowe …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the manor of WINSTONE was held by Ansfrid de Cormeilles who had received it on his marriage to a niece of Walter de Lacy, 45 although Walter's son Hugh may have held the estate at some stage. 46 The overlordship of the manor descended with the honor of Cormeilles, 47 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… rectangular parish covering over 3,500 acres on both sides of the South Winterborne river 2 miles S.W. of Dorchester. It lies entirely upon Chalk, which is overlaid by extensive areas of gravels and sands in its higher parts, especially in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, … In the early 18th century Halsted manor was held by three sisters, wives of Rupert Elcie, Richard Dent, and Thomas …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably … death of Ann Johnson in 1853, whereupon her two surviving sisters in the same year sold the place to James Gregory, a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by 551 acres from West Walton (Norf.), 1 is of the elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the …