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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Thomasyne his wife. To Walter his brother forty shillings and all his raiment. To his "vyse" 2 Jane Artur a certain sum … The residue of his goods, together with his lands and tenements, he leaves to his wedded wife Thomasyne. Dated … Wylkyns (Robert), the elder, turner.Bequests of money and goods to his cousin Johanne Myddleton, Johan Peck his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, separated by a handsome …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… where, it has been said, the royal archives were kept and from whence royal charters were issued. Thus the concordat of 838 between the King of Wessex and the Archbishop of Canterbury made at Kingston on Thames … before the end of the 8th century. 4 Indeed it is true to say that Wiltshire grew out of Wilton. The importance of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and trading activities, gradually came to depend upon the … all probability much greater than it had been in the past, and the affairs of the town were henceforth largely dominated … of the town is of necessity obscure; nor is it possible to say to what extent fresh recruits were drawn into the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Medieval trade and industry MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the … of the stagnation of the town it is difficult to say, but they are certainly in line with the increasingly …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Modern town government and poor relief MODERN TOWN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of … to the custom of the borough. It is not possible to say at what point these courts of ward aldermen were …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … "Mr. James Fines, son and "heyr of the Lo: Viscount Say and Sele, and his wife Frances Cecil." The arms have been removed …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … it rises to a scarp over 250 ft. above O.D., through chalk and gault, to river gravel at about 50 ft.; but the chalk … affords the usual plentiful springs of water. Both Wimpole and Orwell have gained territorially from the disappearance …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land consisting of isolated …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of …