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A History of the County of Oxford
… OTHER ESTATES In the late Anglo-Saxon period all or part of Alvescot belonged probably to the large royal manor of … was held in chief by serjeanty of acting as usher for the king's hall, or in 1242 of providing a knight to guard the king's treasury, 6 one of several similar serjeanties in the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 2,887. Population: 1911, 905; 1921, 1,034. The parish of Alveston lies to the east of Stratford, between the Avon … before Queen Matilda, secured a confirmation from the king, and in 1089 granted the 15 hides to his monastery of … on the floor, on the front of which is carved a sitting lion. On either side of him is a small kneeling figure of a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Alvington ALVINGTON The small parish of Alvington 1 lies on the north-west side of the river Severn, 9.5 km. north-east of Chepstow (Mon.). … had a beerhouse in 1856, 72 and by 1891 the Blacksmiths Arms had opened in a building enlarged from a former smithy …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… upon receiving the Queen's pleasure touching the providing of a residence for the Spanish Ambassador, 2 he had secured … of an Ambassador from the Emperor of Muscovy, whom the King desired should be as well entertained as his … with Lord Spencer and Sir Henry St. George, Garter King at Arms, as Ambassadors to invest Gustavus Adolphus, King of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Anderton Amblecoat AMBLECOAT, a hamlet, in the parish of Old Swinford, union of Stourbridge, S. division of the … Saxons. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 11. 17.; net income, 228; patron, Sir G. O. … is included in it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 48. 16. l., and in the gift of Thos. Tyrwhitt …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… 1272 Walter de Lyndesay held at his death the forest of Trutebeck, worth 20 (?) yearly, which used to be rendered … and to hold it so imparked without impediment from the king and his ministers. Cal. Chart. Rolls, iv, 485. 1343 … of Mary de St. Paul, countess of Pembroke, to whom the king lately committed the keeping of the lands late of …
History Theses 1970-2014: Historical research for higher degrees in the universities of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland
… West Indies 1970 A garden in her cups: botanical medicines of the Anglo-American home, c.1580-1800. Gushurst-Moore, … study of F.D. Roosevelt's European policy (1941 to Yalta). King, F.P. M.A., Keele. Supervised by Adams, D.K. The public … decision-making. Shlaim, A. Ph.D., Reading. United States arms transfer policy during the Cold War. Dell, C.W. M.Phil., …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… America and West Indies 1580 1580 [1580.] 2. Fragment of report of certain persons who "travelled the aforesaid countries" [of America]. Account of the people, their disposition, …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Virginia. They refer more particularly to the appointment of Governors and their powers, the tobacco trade, and the revocation of the first patent. In 1613 Capt. Argoll took prisoner the dear daughter of Powhatan, the King of the Indians. In 1628 the number of persons in …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… 16091656 20. Notes relating to several Plantations, many of which will be found calendared in their chronological … commission for a court-martial, with limitations in case of life, 1623. Governor, 1626, 1640. A new charter for a … attempted by Sir Walter Raleigh, who "was ruined by King James;" since by Harcourt and others. ACADIA. Letters …