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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to Burton-on-Trent, 23 miles in length; a railway to Wigston Magna, near Leicester, 15 miles in length; and a line …
A History of the County of Leicester
… the families in Aylestone were some members of the notable Wigston family of Leicester. 39 In 1645, before the seige of …
A History of the County of Leicester
… when it came into the possession of William and Elizabeth Wigston. 27 It seems likely that its possessions were … monastic holdings which were among the properties of Roger Wigston, William's kinsman, when he died in 1609. 28 The … In 1589 the manor was granted in reversion to Elizabeth Wigston on her marriage with William Davenport of Henbury …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Orton assigned his lease to the Leicester merchant, Roger Wigston. 20 In 1510 Henry VIII granted the overlordship of … might thereafter bring against the manor. 21 In 1527 Roger Wigston, as the assignee of Orton, surrendered his lease to …
A History of the County of Leicester
… while the southern part, lying between Washpit Brook and Wigston Urban District, was attached to Lubbesthorpe but was … which run through the parish are those from Leicester to Wigston and to Market Harborough. Little of the old village …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Purefey, son of Michael and Joyce, married Catherine Wigston, and died 1 September 1616; and to Francis son of … with the inscriptions. The arms are those of Purefey, Wigston, and Baskervile, and lozenges on the obelisks bear …
A History of the County of Warwick
… site and buildings, was then in the hands of Sir William Wigston as subtenant. Keylway, who was Surveyor of the Court …
A History of the County of Warwick
… was granted with the site of Pinley Priory to William Wigston in 1544. 120 Church The parish church of HOLYTRINITY …
A History of the County of Northampton
… with his wife Joan, sold it in 1511 to Thomas and William Wigston and others; 94 and the next year licence was granted to William Wigston of Leicester, junior, and Thomas Wigston, clerk, to found a perpetual chantry of two chaplains …