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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … appointed by the jury at the court leet, annually: a court baron is held twice in the year by the Duke of Marlborough, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … exercised by his bailiff or steward through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from Somerton, and 155 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2984 inhabitants. This place is … Wiveliscombe in the Cathedral of Wells, valued in the king's books at 27. 0. 10.; net income, 300. The church is a very … it has a fair on Whit-Tuesday, and courts Jeet and baron are held annually. The living is a vicarage, valued in …
A History of the County of Essex
… 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the … of jurors was sometimes as high as 21. 42 In 1584 a court baron was held every three weeks; there were stocks in the … drivers were appointed. 44 Between 1743 and 1786 the court baron met between one and four times a year, with a leet at …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … here, upwards of seven centuries; one of them was a baron of the exchequer in the reign of Edward IV. Wolsingham … are held every Tuesday; and a court leet and baron, under the bishop as lord of the manor, takes place …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… The seat of the Right Honourable Henry Willoughby, Baron Middleton, is situate about two miles west of … ownself best." I saw an old carbine, in the house-keeper's room, very curiously wrought in figures, doubtless one of … of Queen Ann, Anno Domini 1711, raised to the dignity of a Baron of England by the stile and title of Thomas Baron …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in demesne. The manor descended with the rest of Roger d'Ivri's lands in the county and in the early 12th century was held … 1616 sold the manor to Sir John Walter of Sarsden, chief baron of the Exchequer. 65 Walter settled the manor on his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles (E. by S.) from Helmsley; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises … WOMBOURN ( St. Benedict), a parish, in the union, and S. division of the hundred, of Seisdon, S. division of the … to the peerage in 1782, by the title of Lord Grantley, Baron of Markenfield. There are two places of worship for …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th … 11 Four or five ploughteams belonged to William Charlton's Wombridge tenants in the years 1693-8; most of the parish's … let to Horton by the lord of Shifnal manor, the 8th Baron Stafford, in what was becoming the centre of the town. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, and 1747, the … though their parents paid no education rate. The town's principal street, Market Street, was under two highway … levels; street traders could evade the sanitary inspector's jurisdiction by crossing it. Ten authorities had local …