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A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … and by a dispute between Lord Southampton and Lord Grey in the queen's presence, which went so far that the … royal family on the terrace, 'the good king, in his light grey farmer-like morning Windsor uniform, walking arm in arm …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the service of the Order of the Garter, but if, as seems probable, 'Andrew Windsor …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 88 NW) Winfrith Newburgh is a roughly rectangular parish of 5,015 acres lying across the S. edge of the S. Dorset … John Rodbard Bain, Rector, 1820, white marble tablet on grey marble backing; (2) to Rev. Samuel Staines, Rector, 1826, white marble tablet with shield-of-arms, on grey marble backing, signed Hiscock, Blandford; on S. wall, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… rectangular parish covering over 3,500 acres on both sides of the South Winterborne river 2 miles S.W. of Dorchester. It … his wife, 1816, white marble sarcophagus-shaped tablet on grey marble backing, signed Raggett, Weymouth; on S. wall, … sister Martha, 1823, white marble lozenge-shaped tablet on grey marble backing. In churchyardS. of nave, (5) to Henry …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) from the town of … WISHFORD, GREAT ( St. Giles), a parish, in the union of Wilton, hundred of Branch and Dole, Salisbury and Amesbury, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a … inscription remaining is a 13th-century cross slab of grey marble with an inscription commemorating Sir John …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… first built by William the Conqueror after the submission of Hereward. 27 It may have been granted to the see of Ely at … of oyer and terminer was issued when a prisoner, John de Wilton, was rescued by Christine and John de Wilton, his … Morton (1479-86). 38 During the brief reign of Lady Jane Grey, Robert Dudley, later Earl of Leicester, seems to have …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Recusants in the castle RECUSANTS IN THE CASTLE The idea of concentrating Roman Catholic prisoners from various jails … dates from 1572, when the Privy Council asked the Bishop of Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle for this purpose. It was 'not ment that …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Relations between the bishops of Ely and the town of Wisbech RELATIONS BETWEEN THE BISHOPS OF ELY AND THE TOWN OF WISBECH There is but little upon which …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… manors SUBSIDIARY MANORS 36 The manor or capital messuage of CORNERS or CORINS HOLT, which lay in the north-west corner of Wheatmaths Field, 37 first appears in 1512. It had been settled on Sir Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton (Warws.), 38 who bequeathed it to his …