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A History of the County of Middlesex
… the Interregnum when parliamentary commissioners sold it to the lessee. 27 In 1972 the Church Commissioners refused a request by the Stoke Newington Society to buy the lordship of the manor. 28 The lordship, with all … lease of the manor was sold for the benefit of dissenting ministers. The buyer, Jonathan Eade, obtained a new lease in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… in the parish after his ejection at the Restoration, 54 to become the Presbyterian minister of a community centered … of Magdalen College, Oxford, in 1660, were first ministers 62 and early preachers included Samuel Lee in 1672 … Although three ministers between 1727 and 1757 conformed to the Church of England, the chapel remained Presbyterian. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… The ancient parish of Stoke Trister lies immediately to the east of Wincanton. 52 Its second name, recorded from the 13th century, is thought to derive from the word tristra, a place for a hunting meet, … overseers made regular monthly payments to the poor and 'extraordinaries' which included funeral expenses, clothing, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of the canons. 58 He had probably been presented to Stondon by Sir Nathaniel Rich, then lord of the manor, who … the churchwardens of Stondon presented that he had come to church only once in the past fourteen years, and that for … of organized nonconformity in the parish: he left £10 to a Mr. Paget 'minister of Stondon meeting'. This meeting …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… 7 miles (S. S. E.) from Hamilton. This place is said to have derived its name from the residence of the principal … part of the country, was considered of sufficient interest to give name to the parish. The parish is about six miles in … and find shelter from all winds; and numerous British and foreign vessels, when driven by stress of weather, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… c. 1230. 65 The church was evidently appropriated by then to the nuns of Elstow Priory (Beds.), who presented a vicar … the Dissolution and until 1561 when the rectory was leased to George Lloyd for a rent of £6 as a reward for acquiring it … Scotsman, Thomas Wallace, 7 who signed the Gloucestershire Ministers' Testimony in support of the Covenant in 1648, 8 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by 13 inhabitants, of whom John Elliot gave about a third, to teach children of five or over for three years. 2 Soon … school had a master. 4 By 1833 the schools were affiliated to the National Society and held in conjunction with Sunday … the growth of Stonehouse village had raised the attendance to 549. 11 The Ebley National school, which by 1840 was held …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Frome opens out into the Severn Vale. The ancient parish, to which the account here printed relates, was roughly … 1,786 a. The eastern part of the parish has been subject to boundary changes which resulted in the reduction of the area to 1,223 a. 1; the parish formerly extended further east, and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… in 1676. 58 Levi Ball, lord of the manor from 1729 to c. 1740, 59 was said to be a Presbyterian in 1735, when two papists and an … mentioned. 60 In spite of the visits of George Whitefield to the parish, described above, Methodism made few converts …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… gave two thirds of his vassals' demesne tithes at Quy to his foundation, Barnwell priory, 81 which retained a tithe … 82 The patronage of Stow rectory probably belonged to the manor at Stow held of Ramsey abbey. In the 13th and … advowson was separated from the manor. 88 It had passed to the newly founded King's College, Cambridge, 89 by 1457 …