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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… elongated shape usual in the marshland areas of the Isle and Holland, stretching from the light silt soils by the Nene … 36 and when Robert Barker (who assumed the name and arms of Colvile) succeeded his uncle the estate was much … Colvile's relict. Robert Barker assumed the name and arms of Colvile in accordance with his uncle's will. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride … The stone roof corbels have shields charged with the arms of Fincham, Haultoft, and Derham, which indicates that … and Margaret his wife, 1512. There is a shield with the arms of Beaupre impaling Fodryngaye. The tomb is apparently …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… differently constituted, with narrow frontages to the Bank and long extensions into the fen. Since, moreover, Thorney is … fourth windows on the north have the following shields of arms respectively: Russell, early 19th century; John of … 16th century. The second window on the south has the royal arms, of early 16th-century date. On the north wall of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in … in a painted chamber window, was a shield bearing the arms of Robert Wood, i.e. Wood and two other coats quarterly, impaling the arms of Montague. From the bottom of the shield issued eleven …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him for … these include the emblems of St. Peter and St. Paul, the arms of Ely, a chalice and host, the Tudor rose and the … blank except on the north where they are charged with the arms of England, Canterbury, and Ely and the emblems of St. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the Holy Trinity … with more Gothic canopies, has been adopted for the arms granted to the borough in 1929, which have a crest …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money controversy affected Wisbech … after the war John Fisher was fined £80 for having been in arms against the Parliament, and Edward Buckworth and Thomas …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the Fens', sometimes given to the … No record of the grant of a market has been found, and this, taken together with the evidence adduced above, 63 … authorized to spend £5 to £10 on farthings with the town arms, and in 1670 £20 on 'Wisbech halfpennies'. 68 Evidence …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… lies for the most part on the southern side of the Sence, and the river and its tributaries form the parish boundary on … This was Henry Vaughan, M.D., who had taken the name and arms of the Halford family in 1809 when he was created a … rainwater. 3 Above the vestry door is a Hanoverian royal arms. Further renovation work was carried out early in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 5 miles (W.) from Ely, … the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons and appropriators, the Chapter of Ely. There is a place of … Earl of Derby, who holds his manorial court at the Derby Arms, on the second Tuesday after Trinity: the ancient Hall …