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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 … 84 by Bishop Yorke to sell the castle and grounds. The Bill passed despite the opposition of Sir James Eyre, Chief …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the … The latter received a further £580 in 1820 and a bill of £168 was paid to the firm of Robson, paperhangers. In …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de … Sir Thomas Broughton who forfeited it, in 1489, upon his attainder for participation in the affair of Lambert Simnel. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry … v.; Select Cttee on Oxford and Gt. Western Union Railway Bill (Parl. Papers (HL) 18378 (227), xx), p. 27; Plummer, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and … below. Select Cttee on Oxf. and Gt. Western Union Railway Bill (Parl. Papers (HL) 18378 (227), xx), p. 27; Oxf. Jnl. 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and (possibly) town quarries were …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … of Edward II., it belonged to the Despencers, and on their attainder was given by Edward III. to Edmund of Woodstock, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held … in 1525, to Cardinal College. 73 After Cardinal Wolsey's attainder Cutteslowe passed, with most of the rest of his …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., 1684, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth estate included much of the parish. Ditton Camoys and Ditton Valence manors … their names in the later 13th century from the surnames of the families which had owned them from c. 1200. 57 DITTON … succeeded by Edmund's son Sir William Oldhall. During his attainder 14525 his lands were held by Jasper Tudor, earl of …