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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… wife of Robert, salter), widow of John Bonner, haberdasher.By virtue of a power of appointment leaves to her husband a … Nov.] Newman (John), grocer.Having revoked his former will by deed enrolled immediately before this present will, he … and other friends and relations. To his fellows the "sea-colemeators" of the City of London the sum of three …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a narrow strip of land along the Avon, some 200 ft. above sea level, and in the west, of downland through which runs a … on the spur between Upper Woodford and Lake, and drops by a steep winding hill among trees into the valley at Lake. … farmyard has been grassed over to make a village green by the roadside and one of the barns was converted into a …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 22 March, 1660-1, aged 17, B.A. 1664, M.A. 1667, D.D. by diploma 9 March, 1685-6; rector of Kingsnorth, Kent, 1663, … 17; demy Magdalen Coll. 1678-83, B.A. 1680; vicar of Old Shoreham, Sussex, 1683. See Bloxam, vi. 24. [ 30] Winchcombe, … 1703, official of Colchester and a director of the South Sea company; died 8 Sept., 1738; brother of Thomas 1698, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from Brandon-Ferry. The parish is bounded on the south by the Lesser Ouse, which separates it from the county of Suffolk; it comprises by measurement 2600 acres. The living is a discharged … rising to the height of 600 feet above the level of the sea; Bidcombe Hill, near Maiden-Bradley; Codford Hill; the …
The Environs of London
… being three miles south of Putney. The parish is bounded by those of Merton, Wandsworth, Putney, and Kingston. In a … his decease, which happened in 1638, the manor was sold by his heirs to Henry Earl of Holland, and others, trustees … who becoming deeply involved in the unfortunate South-Sea adventure, it was again put up to sale, and purchased by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, … name from its situation on the windings of the river Cale, by which it is bounded on the west. It was the scene of many … experienced the greatest injury from the retiring of the sea, about the close of Elizabeth's reign, by which its …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… peculiar interest. In certain particulars it was moulded by royal licence and enactment, others clearly derive from remote antiquity. Death by the halter became in time the usual doom of the felon, but … more exceptional offences may be mentioned the burning of sea-coal ( pro carbone maris arso), for which the offender, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great, in A.D. 856 1 there … had not been reached in the 12th century is shown clearly by the two charters of Henry II, one granting to the citizens … was not to sell fish openly in the streets or ride to the sea for fish except he should have great occasion and then …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… valley at altitudes between 250 ft. and 600 ft. above sea-level; it formerly included some 60 acres at North Down, … lay around the present Clenston Farm; Clenston is marked by the present Manor House; Nicholson was sited near and to … however, the populations must have been much reduced by this date. Ecclesiastical (1) The Parish Church of St. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… lies entirely upon Chalk between 350 ft. and 870 ft. above sea-level. The village stands at the head of the Winterborne … Plate: includes 16th-century silver cup and cover-paten by Lawrence Stratford, of usual Elizabethan form, cover-paten … covering about 3 acres, is bounded to N.W. and S.W. by a bank and external ditch; in the S. part it is …