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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the old Nene into the Ouse at Salter's Lode; the Old Bedford River (part of the south-east … 63 This was held in chief by commuted service to Norwich castle guard and to 'waytefe'. Stow Bardolph, perhaps …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Tydd, has been known since the 17th century as Lady Nunn's Old Eau, from the wife of a 14th-century Tydd landowner. 1 … it possesses nearly a score of variants. 'St. Mary's Tyd', which constantly recurs, might perhaps account for … Among other services he would dig and embank about Wisbech Castle a portion in common with his mates ( paribus), like …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parishes of the Isle. The tradition that St. Mary's church was the mother church of Wisbech is rendered … ones at Tholomas Drove on the road between St. Mary's and Guyhirn and at Thorney Toll on the extreme western … 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 … used as a prison and as a place for holding the bishop's courts. John de Lacy, a clerk, was pardoned after breaking … was outlawed. He was stated to have assaulted the bishop's bailiffs, threatened the constable and besieged the castle, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… respect of the inn; this piece of land was let at £10 15 s. in 1851. In 1802 the Corporation sold the inn for £1,615 … so that after that date the Corporation paid over to Crane's charity the amount of tax redeemed from the income of their … the canal. Five one-story cottages in Love Lane, called Castle Almshouses, were built in 1813 by Joseph Medworth, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… with the bishop. 63 The church was valued in 1217 at £33 6 s. 8 d., and in 1254 the rectory and vicarage were returned at £20 and £6 13 s. 4 d. respectively. 64 The vicarage was unchanged in 1291, … commemorating Thomas de Braunstone, Constable of Wisbech Castle, 1401. The canopy shields and part of the inscription …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a money rent (20 s.). Henry de Walpol held 80 acres with 4 messuages, as 1 fee, and 120 acres for 10 s. 4 d. Robert de Haustede held 94 acres and 3 cottages as 1 … de Drayton for life. 17 Bishop Alcock, who died at Wisbech Castle in 1500, was the last to be normally resident at the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in … was by 1585 divided into ten wards (Timber Market, Church, Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, …
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, … the manor during the Interregnum, replaced Morton's palace by a house in the style of the time, said to have … but they had hopes of obtaining possession after Medworth's death at a reduced price and the offer fell through. 88 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… wealthiest of the Ely manors, its value (£6 T.R.E., 100 s. in 1086) being below that of Ely itself and of more than … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 … digging on 'Ramesinedik' and inside and outside around the castle, and the day's labour for repairing the park of …