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A History of the County of Hampshire
… reserved rents on freehold properties containing 121 acres or thereabouts, including the parsonages of Hurstbourne with … with a further annual sum of 100 for an assistant master or curate, 80 a year to the officiating minister of Freefolk, … No. 9 Kingsgate Street is also received in respect of Dr. Kent's gift. 14. Sarah Mant by will proved in 1868 founded a …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… no grounds for assuming it to be older than the Conquest or that any part of it occupies the site of defensive … within the lines of defence, instead of the more usual 4 or 5. It also fills a prominent place in the great series of … a high alabaster tomb with marble effigy of Edward Duke of Kent and Strathern, who died in 1820. The pulpit, which …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 39 and it is not possible to decide whether Windsor Castle or Corfe Castle was the scene of the tragedy. On the whole it … forbidding her to raise money for his cause by selling or pledging any of his French fiefs, 68 but in the following … Edward the Black Prince with his cousin Joan Countess of Kent took place at Windsor on 10 October 1361. 112 Among …
Survey of London Monograph
… title has not been met (outside Lant) from 1380 to 1418 or 1419 when Windsor was sent to the Duke of Brittany … whether 'alias Lancaster' means he was Lancaster herald or is a case of a son using his father's title as surname … of Ottery St Mary, Devon, sometime rector of Penshurst, Kent; Rouge Dragon 1690, giving King 100 for the place; 1691 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… upon a retentive clay, and altogether unsheltered by woods or plantations; the substratum contains ironstone, which … mile north of it is a mineral spring, discovered about 60 or 70 years' since, which, on being analysed, was found to … hundred of Wingham, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 9 miles (S. E.) from Canterbury; containing 1129 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… cover remained in 1978 in the wide strips of wood, or 'rews', which divided the fields. The home park on the … of Buncton, contains at least two buildings of the 17th or 18th centuries, besides some 19th-century cottages and a … After his death in 1355 it was held by Dartford nunnery (Kent) until 1357, when the Crown granted it to Peter de …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… and was 50 in 1931. 14 Wistow Hall, which may be built on or near the site of the earlier medieval house, retains the … finials, kneelers, and large lateral stacks remained more or less unaltered until after the end of the 18th century. 18 … by Saer but had subsequently been disseised by Walter de Kent and others, and that Walter had then conveyed it to the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Eyhorne, lathe of Aylesford, W. division of Kent, 2 miles (N. N. E.) from Lenham; containing 124 … 3158 inhabitants. The original erection of the town, or at least of that part of it which is situated on Cheping … bread and fuel. The union of Witham comprises 17 parishes or places, and contains a population of 15,407. In the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and 1777 and churchwardens' names, I. Topp, W. Topp and D. Kent. Clock: In belfry, of wrought iron, 1737. Font: … silver cup and stand-paten with assay marks of 1610 (or 1630), cup with donor's inscription of Elizabeth Scobell, … corner of the building indicates a former turret, circular or polygonal on plan and probably containing the stairs to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… gable to the street, perhaps of the late 15th or early 16th century. No. 49 Market Square is a … the town hall, was probably the 'new built' house or tenement fronted with brick mentioned in 1739. 13 The … with the pupils and staff of Ashford grammar school in Kent. A concrete air-raid shelter was constructed at Church …