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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Churches CHURCHES. The living of Hornsey was assessed in 1291 97 and had a … £92 in 1649 9 but £20 extra was assigned to the incumbent by the committee for plundered ministers in 1656. 10 It was … and in 1477 an indulgence was granted to all pilgrims who visited the chapel or priory church and contributed towards …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… HISTORY. Agrarian History. In 1241-2, 1273-4, and 1298 the demesne of Hornsey manor was leased 76 but it was … complete plough. In 1318 five other ploughs were provided by villeins rendering labour services. 77 Apparently the … was beyond the control of the officers by 1646. 16 The lord employed a parker or woodward by 1318 17 and protected …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… occasional payments were made for teaching children in the workhouse to read and write. 15 Until the early 19th … local boys. 16 A late17th-century school, to be supported by ladies' subscriptions, proved short-lived but a girls' … long established academy. 37 In 1787 and 1788 John Wesley visited Miss Teulon's school on the hill, presumably …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Growth before the mid 19th century Growth before the mid 19th century. 62 … of London and the chapter, 67 represented then or later by a canon whose successors were prebendaries of Brownswood. … 1453) and his son John (d. 1461). 75 There was no resident lord whose household stimulated local supply, no known …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Growth from the mid 19th century Growth from the mid 19th century. 62 … Ferme Park and the Crouch Hall estate were partly built up by 1894. Eastern Hornsey and northern Crouch End were built … regardless of expense c. 1863 for Frederic Lehmann and visited by many leading literary and musical figures. 85 At …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… For over 400 years Highgate has contained fine houses, for the rich and sometimes the famous, and a school established by Sir Roger Cholmley. 65 The centre, known as Highgate … six both Sir William Hewett and Sir Richard Martin were lord mayors. 26 Courtiers too began to acquire houses. Sir …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… London. Longer from east to west than from north to south, the main part projects northward from the northwest corner … Hornsey manor, like Finchley manor to the west, was held by the bishop of London, whose lodge apparently straddled the … again. Along that stretch it crossed Stroud Green brook by a wooden aqueduct, which gave it the name of the Boarded …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Manorial government. In 1294 the bishop of London claimed to have possessed in Hornsey as … time immemorial. Except for gallows his right was admitted by a jury. 18 In 1318-19 there was a separate court for Hornsey, 19 which may have met at Stepney where the lord of Farnfields owed suit of court in 1324. 20 By 1575 it …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Manors MANORS. The manor of HARRINGAY or HORNSEY was said in 1294 to have been held by the bishops of London from time immemorial as a member of … in Hornsey manor, which he had repaired and sometimes visited. 17 The agistment of the park, farmed separately from …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… including Highgate Other estates OTHER ESTATES. Among the estates of Simon Francis (d. 1357), merchant of London, … was land at Hornsey, of which 60 a. were held in dower by his widow Maud (d. 1384). In 1368 her daughter Alice and … to her daughter Sarah, wife of Sir Henry Rowe (d. 1662), lord mayor of London, with remainder to their second son …