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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, … vicinity of this town; in which, according to Burnet's History of his own Times, was shed the first blood in the … and to the south of the church was an ancient fortress, or castle, which, according to Lei and, having fallen into …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester … table 17 ft. in diameter, locally known as 'King Arthur's Round Table,' with a Tudor rose in the centre and painted … of the 12th century. Thus in 11556 it is found that 14 10 s. 8 d. was paid for making the king's house in the castle of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… purposes; the Cathedral Close as well as St. Mary's College and Wolvesey Palace (previously extra-parochial) … boundary to include on the north, part of Abbot's Barton, which was added to the parish of St. Bartholomew … lines except at the south-west corner where the royal castle was to stand. The first source for the ancient …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… provides, are that fourteen of the burgesses paid 25 s. to the abbey of Romsey, 9 that the abbey of Wherwell held … inhabitants of the suburb of Winchester used to pay 12 s. 11 d. to the king as of his manor of Basingstoke. 11 The … of prisoners, as well as the large sums due to the royal castle works at Winchester and the repair of the royal …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… description of this church by Wolstan, printed in Mabillon's Acta Sanctorum, is unfortunately very obscure, but the … buried there in 1069. But the duration of St. Athelwold's building was short. In 1079 Walkelin the first Norman … small columns which also occur in the masonry of Wolvesey Castle, and have been supposed to be from the cloister of the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the ruined episcopal palace of Wolvesey, the fortified castle of Henry of Blois. The ruins and the later … bare, but stands on older walls. The fragment of Morley's palace is a very charming piece of domestic work of two … built his palace out of the materials of the Conqueror's palace. This, however, does not tally with the Hyde …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE … 'for the liveries of Nicholas the keeper of the king's house at Windsor.' The existence of a chapel within the … the first seven years nothing was done, but the chaplain's pay of a penny a day points to the maintenance of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor … Archbishop of Canterbury, who to the Bishop of Salisbury's claim that Windsor Castle was in his diocese successfully … 11267, when David, King of Scotland, came here as Henry's guest. King David swore allegiance to the Empress Maud as …
Survey of London Monograph
… now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: Edward III's (Edward of Windsor) sun-burst, that is, golden sunrays … VI. Windsor, temp. Hen. VI. ? Lancaster, c. 1442. Lant's statements that 'Robert Ashwell' was Antelope, Rouge Croix … took a 'view' of the arms of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (Coll. of Arms, Anstis MS. Q. 1); 1565 Bluemantle; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles (E. S. E.) from Hedon; containing 139 inhabitants. The parish is … division of the county of Durham, 1 mile (W. by S.) from Castle-Eden, and 6 miles (E. S. E.) from Durham; the township …