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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… on the E. b(12). Cottage, on the S. side of the road at Duke Street, m. W. of the church, has a thatched roof. b(13). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the property and refused to pay; an appeal to the duke of Marlborough (as lord of the manor) by the rector, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to Tasker's mills totalled some 25 acres. 31 In 1767 the duke of Marlborough renewed Tasker's lease for 21 years at … 35 A lease of the mills to Early, made on behalf of the duke of Marlborough before 1834, expired in 1838; in an … over the next year. 36 In 1841 Early's lease from the duke of Marlborough was of the mill house, the buildings …
A History of the County of Oxford
… James Gray (d. 1791) served as manorial steward for the duke of Marlborough and as clerk to the Blanket Company from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney's hamlets and the villages around Woodstock (the duke of Marlborough's seven 'demesne towns') were exempt, 71 and in 1758 the duke, as lessee of Witney manor, declared the market … later the urban district council rented the tolls from the duke of Marlborough and took over regulation, though the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1810, was renovated the following year largely at the duke of Marlborough's expense, 210 and was restored by public … hall was rebuilt in 17856, in part using stone from the duke of Marlborough's quarries at Black Bourton: possibly the duke defrayed all or part of the cost. 226 The ground floor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with whom he sold it in 1751 to Charles Spencer (d. 1758), duke of Marlborough. 18 In 1759 the lady of the manor was the duke's widow Elizabeth, guardian of their son and heir … in trust for the then marquis of Blandford, who became 6th duke in 1840. 19 In 1833 the bishop of Winchester granted to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… besides holding numerous other preferments. 94 Richard Duke (170811), poet and wit 'turned parson', was a pluralist … cup whose cover has since been lost, 218 and in 1753 the duke of Marlborough gave a large silver-gilt flagon made in … 18489, on land given by the bishop of Winchester and the duke of Marlborough; the cost was met chiefly from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… an oblong edifice in the Tudor style, erected by the late Duke of Bedford in 1830, from designs by Mr. Blore. The sides … its immediate vicinity, which were planted by John, fourth Duke of Bedford, and occupy 200 acres in extent. Near the … water in case of fire, erected at the expense of the late duke. The living is a donative curacy; net income, 251; …
A History of the County of Essex
… Treas. Bks. 1671, iii (2), p. 1128. Household Books of the Duke of Norfolk and Thomas Earl of Surrey, 148190, ed. J. …