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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the following year he was appointed Constable of Wisbech Castle, a position which he held until at least 1446. 26 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 63 This was held in chief by commuted service to Norwich castle guard and to 'waytefe'. Stow Bardolph, perhaps … holding disappears. It was probably granted to Lewes or to Castle Acre priories, each of which had had a free tenant in … the reign of Henry III. 76 These two priories (Lewes and Castle Acre) seem to have disposed of their estates in Upwell …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Among other services he would dig and embank about Wisbech Castle a portion in common with his mates ( paribus), like … hens or eggs in Tydd St. Giles and carry them to (Wisbech) castle, for which he was to have his food. Tenants of … had acquired other episcopal property, including Wisbech Castle, was plaintiff against Lawrence Bromfield and Sarah …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… families, the latter being also the lessees of Wisbech Castle, and in 1746 it was bequeathed by Edward Southwell to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Castle CASTLE The castle, not mentioned in Domesday Book, is traditionally said … The earliest dated evidence of episcopal tenure of the castle is in the vacancy of 1215-19, when it was entrusted in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the canal. Five one-story cottages in Love Lane, called Castle Almshouses, were built in 1813 by Joseph Medworth, the purchaser and developer of the castle estate and himself a Wisbech charity boy. William 1st …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… commemorating Thomas de Braunstone, Constable of Wisbech Castle, 1401. The canopy shields and part of the inscription … Watson 73 and Abbot Feckenham 74 (see Recusants in the Castle) are buried in the church without monuments. The plate …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… de Drayton for life. 17 Bishop Alcock, who died at Wisbech Castle in 1500, was the last to be normally resident at the … after the Restoration the Southwell family leased the castle and manor, 23 until in 1793 the site of the castle was sold to Joseph Medworth and the estate finally …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was by 1585 divided into ten wards (Timber Market, Church, Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, … the reform of the corporation in the 1830's, but the names Castle, Timber Market, and South Brink have been preserved in … a good example of a manorial borough, with the site of the castle midway in the peninsula and dominating the Market …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Later history of the castle LATER HISTORY OF THE CASTLE Secretary John Thurloe, who purchased the manor during … time at Wisbech, and the practice arose of leasing the castle to local families. Henry Pierson was the first …