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A History of the County of Oxford
… the courts met at Old Woodstock, 19 presumably at a gate of the royal park. By the 17th century the hundred court … the 1270s the principal franchises included Queen Eleanor's Hanborough manor, which was free from all outside interference, and Edmund, earl of Cornwall's numerous manors in the hundred, for which he held pleas, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … when endeavouring to shelter themselves in Edgar's tower, and put them to death. To punish this outrage, the … been fired into the city, through a hole made in the gate, the cavaliers sallied out on the parliamentarians, and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Story xx shillings [quil...t?] Inhabitants of St. John's, Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/108/127 (1666) Wee the … after whom your peticioner followed, butt without Lydbury gate the said Wilson and Cosnett mett your peticioner and …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… therefore take a cursorary review, after Leland and Tanner's account. " Werkensop a pretty market town of two streets, … bishop of Canterbury and Gerard bishop of York in Henry's days. His b'ood and inheritance came to a daughter that … is at the south side of the priory court a very fair great gate of hewn stone. 53" The high town, Worksop, is in general …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of land and a Bordar; and the Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's held the other half, with five acres of land, worth twelve … gules, a cross engrailed, and a canton arg. Fitz-Osbert's shield was gules, 3 bars gemelles or. [Pedigree of … common pathway in Worlingham church-yard, leading from the gate next the road to the church porch, having a load of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wormingford 100. WORMINGFORD. (C.b.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xviii. N.W. (b)xviii. S.W.) Wormingford is a parish on the right bank of the Stour, … some exposed ceiling-beams and an early 18th-century dog-gate to the staircase. ConditionGood. Monuments (813). The …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Poleghelegh which bordered Robert of Horkesley's wood in 1290, were probably assarts near the Little … increased from £4 to £6, while the value of the sokemen's holdings remained 40 s. 65 The parish was one of the poorer in Lexden hundred; in …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … liturgical documents surviving from the period only Egbert's Pontifical has any direct link with York but this comprises … hours and improve the music in the church. Æthelberht's new basilica, consecrated in 780, with its apsidal chapels …
A History of the County of Sussex
… the steep ascent of the downs at Steyning. 57 A turnpike gate was erected near the Teville pond at the north end of … and evening served the needs of commuters. 96 Worthing's first railway station, which survived in 1978, was a small … Amendment Act, 4 Geo. IV, c. 27 (Local and Personal). W.S.R.O., PHA 3263. Gardner, Suss. Map (1795). MPL 21(2); …