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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… subsequent marriage to John de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the Crown confirmed her possession of the manor for life. 44 In … extinction of the life-interest of Roger Ratcliffe, the Crown granted the manor to Thomas Cromwell (later Earl of … Blaston in 1425, 80 and had held lands in Blaston of the Crown in socage in 1402; 81 Robert Keynsham held the advowson …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Bledisloe hundred were bordered on the north-west by the Crown's demesne land of the Forest and on the south-east by … at Hagloe, in Awre, survived in the ownership of the Crown, but the Clanna estate, formed in the 19th century and … manors. Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 185v. Pleas of the Crown for Glos. ed. Maitland, pp. 91-2; P.R.O., JUST 1/274, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the royal gardener Henry Wise. Building continued at the Crown's expense until 1712, when, after the Marlboroughs had … at the duke's request, making no reference to the Crown's interest. 54 It was understood that costs would be … handling the payments (Samuel Travers, Surveyor General of Crown lands, and John Taylor, his deputy) were accountable …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 12th century. 22 After the Dissolution the Crown granted the tithes to George Owen, the king's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for a time for Samuel Travers, surveyor-general of Crown lands. 29 In 1713 Vanbrugh moved his belongings into …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 37 Even minor offices were sometimes the subject of direct Crown grants, as in 1331 when a keeper of the park meadows … remained in the Whitton family until surrendered to the Crown in 1705. 52 The later Whittons, however, seem to have … made gamekeeper within the manor and 10 miles around it by Crown grant in 1625, and seems to have been in residence …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were in hand, ad hoc clerks of works were appointed by the Crown, and in the 16th century the clerk of the King's Works … Woodstock manor in 1668, repaired some rooms at the Crown's expense and seems to have occupied the gatehouse, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1233; 37 the other demesne towns had escheated to the Crown by the late 12th century. 38 In the 12th and 13th … Bladon and Hanborough ceased to be accountable to the Crown. Again in the early 14th century the bailiff of … courts were held for commissioners for the sale of Crown lands. 82 In 1652 Woodstock manor, the king's houses, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… school is endowed with 10. 4. 7. per annum, paid by the crown. Blithbury BLITHBURY, a hamlet, in the parish of …