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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (All Saints) THWAITE ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Aylsham, hundred of South Erpingham, E. division of Norfolk, 4 miles (N.) from … with an inscription to the memory of William Eastfield, seneschal of the lordship of Holderness, and of the honour of …
Calendar of Documents Preserved in France
… Touraine ABBEY OF ST. MARTIN (MARMOUTIER), TOURS, FOR BENEDICTINE MONKS, [ … (Seal perfect [Drawing]. Legend: Sigillum Richardi Ducis Aquitaine, Comitis Pictavensis. MS. lat. 5441 [I.], fo. 452.) … d Anjou II., 14.) 1188. Charter of Robert de Turnham, seneschal of Richard king of the English, notifying that by …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Balderstone is a common modern spelling. The township of Balderston lies in the Ribble valley, having for its northern boundary the serpentine course of that river. Mellor Brook, called after uniting with … brother of William was a man of some note. In 13034 he was seneschal of Blackburnshire, in 1305 receiver of the county, …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Bold Heath, with Crow Heath and Lunt Heath on the borders of Cuerdley and Widnes. In the south-west corner was Cranshaw … country is even less wooded than in the south. One patch of old mossland also exists in the farthest northern portion … ibid. n. 124. R. of Parl. vi, 535 b. He was appointed seneschal of West Derby wapentake in 1505; Dep. Keeper's Rep. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… called Broughton East and Grange. It gave a name to one of the bailiwicks. It has an area of 3,425 acres, 1 and in 1901 had a population of 218, while … priory, for Henry II granted to Simon son of Uckeman, his seneschal in Cartmel, the whole moiety of Hampsfield, which …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Karlton, 1258; Carleton, 1294. This township has an area of 2,031 acres, 1 and in 1901 there were 684 inhabitants. It … to the south and Norcross in the north; as in the case of Poulton the hamlet in each case stands on ground rising a … who were absent in the king's service in the parts of Aquitaine; Dep. Keeper's Rep. xxxiii, App. 18. It appears …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… xiv-xvii cent. The township extends from the boundary of Dutton on the north-west across the River Ribble 1 for a distance of 3 miles to the south-east, rising from about 75 ft. above … MS. DD, no. 2106. Ibid. no. 2060. Henry de Torbock, then seneschal, attests. Ibid. no. 2062. Ibid. no. 2097. In 1280 …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Clayton in Laylondschire, 1301. This township has an area of 1,430 acres, 1 with a population of 1,002 in 1901. It is divided by the Lostock, here flowing … Cal. Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.), 27. Gerald had also been seneschal for Albert Bussel, lord of Penwortham (116490), and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… CLIVIGER Clyvechir, 1258; Clyuacher, 1290. The township of Cliviger extends south-eastward from Burnley to the border of Yorkshire, the northeast boundary being marked by the … 1303. In 1319 John obtained 3 acres of the waste from the seneschal of Blackburnshire at a rent of 12 d., payable to …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… lies between the Rivers Ribble and Darwen to the north of Walton-le-Dale on a slight ridge of ground, varying from 150 ft. to 170 ft. above the ordnance … 11 A few years earlier, and whilst Gilbert de Clifton was seneschal of Blackburnshire, he obtained from the Earl of …