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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Archbishop of Canterbury, who to the Bishop of Salisbury's claim that Windsor Castle was in his diocese successfully … 11267, when David, King of Scotland, came here as Henry's guest. King David swore allegiance to the Empress Maud as … which Edward presented to him. They dined in the royal lodge and hunted again in the afternoon, slaying half-a-dozen …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from Hedon; containing 139 inhabitants. The parish is … fertile clay. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12, and in the patronage of Mrs. Hildyard, of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxiv. N.W. (b)xxiv. N.E. (c)xxiv. S.W.) … wall, near W. end, (5) of Thomas Cotes, 'that sometime was porter at Ascott Hall', 1648, figure in cloak, inscription, verse, and representation of the porter's high hat, key and staff incised on quadrangular …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Easter Book probably of the 1550s was 84. 2 The township's population in 1801 was 309, rising to 357 by 1821, falling … to 5,680 by 1921 and 6,222 by 1931. In 1951 the ward's population had increased only slightly to 6,279, but it was … in May. It was still held in the early 20th century. 2 A lodge of Foresters was established in 1860 and the Wardle …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterbourne Abbas 45 WINTERBOURNE ABBAS (6190) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 58 NE, bSY 59 SE, cSY 68 NW, dSY 69 SW) … slopes from just over 600 ft. in the N. and 450 ft. in the S. to the South Winterborne which cuts across the S. part of … added to the ground-floor rooms flanking the door. d(8) Lodge (609903), standing 1 m. N.E. of Bride Head in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… date a gap 130 yards wide was made, probably at Abel's Gull. Parts of the country-side were flooded to a depth of … in a poor way, was the husband of Jane Pepys, the diarist's aunt. 10 The inn in which the diarist lodged was the Swan … Charity Commissioners that 137¼ acres, producing £301 13 s. a year, were devoted to the endowment of the chapel. This …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 acres. Before this time various creeks, such as Carlton's Creek, 5 penetrated a long way inland and allowed the … In Leverington: the Marsh, Spitalfield, Thummins, Margerie's Croft, Farthing Field, Outnewlands, Fen Croft, Church … sold by auction 68 and S. C. Crosse went to live at Barton Lodge, Wisbech, and subsequently in London. Henry Sharpe …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in separate rooms except for meals and for half an hour's exercise before dinner and supper. After the Armada, … Priests were allowed to go into the town. They paid 12 s. a month for their rooms. The castle became a kind of … the Fleet prison was to be adopted. This was defined as 16 s. a week for knight's commons and 10 s. for gentleman's, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… death (1593) the estate passed to John Stapleton, Henry's nephew. 41 In the last few years of Elizabeth's reign he was engaged in lawsuits over the property with his … 42 Stapleton passed the manor in 1600 to Francis Lodge, and the latter in 1606 to William Goodday. 43 In 1629 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… between 1810 and 1877; 31 a toll-house near the north lodge of Wiston Park survived c. 1970. 32 Several old tracks … 1181 and 1204, were presumably his descendants. 54 William's son Henry 55 had apparently succeeded by 1210, 56 and was … c. 1230. 57 Another William of Wiston, apparently Henry's son, is recorded in 1238, 58 and held 4 fees in Wiston and …