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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of J. S. Breedon, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for 609, and the … for Independents. A school was founded in 1685, by John Breedon, who endowed it with a rent-charge of 40. In October, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Bredon BREDON Breodun (xi cent.); Bredune (xii cent.); Breedon (xiii cent.); Breuton (xiv cent.). The parish of … It is, however, certain that the place referred to is Breedon on the Hill, co. Leicester, land at Diseworth in that … before his elevation, was situated in the Leicestershire Breedon. Bede, to whom we owe this information ( Opera …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… of Edward Gansell. 31 He sold the manor in 1671 to John Breedon, 32 who left it by his will (dated 1685) to his nephew, another John Breedon, 33 Sheriff of Berkshire in 1700. 34 The latter died in 171011, and was succeeded by his kinsman John Breedon, the son of the Rev. Thomas Breedon, rector of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Boothby, Esq. has a hunting seat, in this place. Mr. Breedon, also, who is honored with the third place, in Mr. … Dishley blood, in the midland counties, resides here. Mr. Breedon, and Mr. Buckley, of Normanton on Soar, who are also … district; perhaps it may be owing, in some measure, to Mr. Breedon letting his shearling rams go to easy rides of twenty …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Danvers, John Touchett and Martha his wife and Robert Breedon the younger released their right in the manors of …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Charles II
… Bowden; Husbands Bosworth; Kilby; Mount Sorrel; Tonge in Breedon; Tur Langton; Wanliff Grange; Wigston Magna. …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… Thomas Elliott, of the King's bedchamber, Capt. Thos. Breedon, Lord de Latour, Colonel Thomas Temple, 10 and …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… house. From the 7th to the 9th centuries there was at Breedon-on-the-Hill a monastery which was sufficiently …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… also described in the body of the Inventory (pp. 1978). At Breedon on the Hill, Leicestershire, the similar addition … of a parochial nave (there aisleless) was made c. 1150; Breedon was a cell of the Augustinian Priory of Nostell as …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… STAUNTON-HARROLD, a township, in the parish of Breedon, union of Ashby, hundred of West Goscote, N. division …