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A History of the County of Gloucester
… part of the parish to the Severn near Garden Cliff or the Ley brook which forms the north-eastern boundary to its … was evidently at one time thickly wooded: the suffix ley, denoting a clearing, became incorporated in the names of … 16 A fir-wood was recorded on Westbury manor in 1086. 17 Ley Woods in the north of the parish are the main surviving …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Of the tithings of the parish outside Rodley manor, Upper Ley and Northwood were then under one tithingman while there was one each for Lower Ley and Boseley. 38 Churchwardens' accounts survive for …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… de Sapy's share was usually known later as the manor of LEY; Robert, who was licensed in 1330 to inclose the estate … 1560), whose son George held it at his death in 1590. 86 Ley manor passed to George's son Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury … c. 360 a. mainly lying around the house called Old Ley Court in the north-east part of the parish. Henry sold …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… also had a small mission chapel at Lower Ley, 80 and in 1893 they built a lecture hall in Westbury …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… marble and stone monument with effigies of Sir James Ley (d. 1629), lord of the capital manor, 45 and of his wife. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Hist. MSS. Com. Var. Coll. i. 144. C 54/1621/Mountjoy and Ley; C 66/1847 no. 14. W.A.M. xx. 341. Hist. MSS. Com. Var. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the same way as Westbury Leversage, 84 to Sir James Ley who was seised of it, then apparently called Shewells or … who in 1599 sold tenements in Hawkeridge to Sir James Ley. 88 From then on the estate followed the descent of the … Lansd. MS. 442 f. 145; see p. 149. C 54/1621/Mountjoy and Ley. Hoare, Mod. Wilts. Westbury, 41. C.P. 40/1113 rot. 5d., …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Bitham Mill, 80 and a close called Gaston, to Sir James Ley (cr. Earl of Marlborough 1626). 81 Among the property … the name of Westbury and WESTBURY ARUNDELL to Sir James Ley. 91 The estate at this date included a mill, and was said … Elizabeth and Robert Webbe conveyed the manor to Sir James Ley, who thus became possessed of the whole manor of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to Thomas Long, and passed with the manor to Sir James Ley in 1613. 76 Two water mills were attached to the manor of … Seymour in 1607, and presumably also passed to Sir James Ley with that manor in 1621. 77 Bitham Mill attached to the … William Whitaker sold the manor in 1619-20 to Sir James Ley, he expressly reserved Bitham Mill and the adjoining …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The ivory handle, about 4 in. long, was inscribed 'Matheus Ley Hoc Dedit Anno Domini 1597'. 68 The seal was destroyed by … Hist. v. 141. W.A.M. xlix. 5401. C 54/1621/Mountjoy and Ley. Calne Guild Stewards' Bk. (W.A.S. Rec. Brch.), p. xii. … was in 1835 comes from this report. C 54/1621/Mountjoy and Ley. There were 2 serjeants, 2 ale-tasters, 2 surveyors of …