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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… termed in antient writings Goodwinstune, i. e. Godwin's town, or village. It is a very small parish, lying on the … was descended of a family originally spelt both Lad and Ladd, who were of good antiquity in this county, in several … a branch of them was settled at Elham, one of them, John Ladd, of that place, died in 1527, whose youngest son Thomas …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… cent.; Brycknell, Brightholme, xvii cent.) 7 in the lord's demesne and Lyminge (now Lymage) Wood 8 in Great Staughton. … and a yearly fair for three days on the eve of St. Andrew's Day and the two following days. 21 In 1441 the Earl of … the market on Friday and a yearly fair on old St. Andrew's Day (11 Dec.); 23 the following year he was granted a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the Northampton and Market Harborough section of the L.M.S. railway runs through the centre of the parish, with a … books, including the unique 1599 edition of Shakespeare's Venus and Adonis, are now in the Huntington Library, … was altered in 1830, but the upper part is of Webb's time. In 1732 Francis Smith, of Warwick, the architect of …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… doubtful whether he actually built anything. Thomas Norton's map (c. 1660) shows a very fine house standing in the … standing while the new house was being built. John Thorpe's plan for the House and Gatehouse still remains in the Thorpe collection in Sir John Soane's Museum. It shows an entrance porch on the west, a great …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… have been held of Robert de Brus as a quarter of a knight's fee, by William de Stanton. 12 In 1309, Alexander de Crokedaik died seised of 100 s. rents of assize in Paxton and Keyston, which he held of … 1901), afterwards Lord Wantage, who married Lord Overstone's daughter and heir, was lord of the manor. 22 Lady Wantage …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… demesne land for two ploughs; it was then worth 4 10 s., having had a value of 6 in the time of King Edward. 3 The … 11 In 1239 the manor was leased to Thomas, the abbey's porter, for seven years at a rent of 20 payable to the … the infirmary. The grant excluded yearly tallage, sheriff's aid and hundred aid with ward peny and other customs due to …
A History of the County of Somerset
… trackways are those known as the Sweet Track and the Abbot's Way; associated with them were found longbows and bronze … son, conveyed their interests to Gabriel Odingsells and Ladd Hayles, 75 and in 1703 Robert Darcy, earl of Holderness, … The interests were acquired by Gabriel Odingsells and Ladd Hayles who dismembered the estate and sold the lordship …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… and rebuilt. Chainbridge Lane leads southward to Hunt's Close Farm, crossing the brook by a bridge called Chain … of Earl Waltheof, but by 1086 they had passed to Waltheof's widow, the Countess Judith. 1 The manor, a dependency of … and 24 beasts. 12 The grant was attested by the donor's father, Walter, and this and other grants in Molesworth …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… 10 acres and to have been inclosed by a ditch. 9 The lord's capital messuage is mentioned in 1593. 10 The present house … 2 suits yearly at the court of Broughton, and paid sheriff's and hundred aid. Eight villeins paid the same, and tallage, … In the time of Abbot Hugh Foliot (121631) a tallage of 100 s. was assigned to the cellarer. 24 Old Weston, Brington and …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… of dispute. Probably the cross called St. Bennett's Cross, the site of which is still marked at the point where … The court of the banlieu was held at first before the king's justices especially engaged by the abbot and later before the abbot's steward. The form of the writs and procedure were similar …