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A History of the County of Essex
… Beauchamp Roding Church CHURCH The advowson of Beauchamp Roding descended with the manor of … the same year Harrington and Burden had conveyed it to Sir Richard Weston, who had recently acquired the lordship of the … pro hac vice in 1578, probably had the advowson from Sir Richard or his son Sir Jerome Weston. 93 The Westons retained …
A History of the County of Essex
… a manor of Roding was held by Aubrey de Vere, ancestor of the earls of Oxford, as tenant of Alan, Count of Brittany. … his wife. 37 The manor was then being held for life by Richard de Brumpton, and was said to consist of a messuage, … in 1638 Frayes passed by his will to his kinsman John Miller, son of Richard Miller of Great Waltham. 72 It …
A History of the County of Essex
… and poor relief PARISH GOVERNMENT AND POOR RELIEF The surviving parish book for Beauchamp Roding covers the period 1723 to 1817. 35 It records only the annual Easter … tended to remain in office for long periods. Thus Richard Nicholas was surveyor of highways from 1741 to 1757 …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Beccles Beccles. There is no subject more pleasing to the thoughtful mind than a contemplation of the changes … By a verdict, in an action of novel disseisin, 15th of Richard II., between William, Abbot of Bury, demandant, and … whose successful encounter with the athletic James Miller forms the subject of the Paper in the Spectator, No. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Beckbury BECKBURY The small rural parish of Beckbury lies on the … in Beckbury; like Badger it formed part of the barony of Richard's Castle and a mesne lordship was mentioned c. 1200. … Philip of Greete, tenant of other estates in the barony of Richard's Castle. After Roger's death in the earlier 1220s …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Bridget) BECKERMET ( St. Bridget), a parish, in the union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, W. … Alfred the Great: in the thirteenth century it belonged to Richard, Earl of Cornwall, who had a castellated mansion … in the later English style; it was built in the reign of Richard II., and contains some monuments to the memory of the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Beckingham BECKINGHAM. B echingham was a Beru of Lanum, the archbishop of Yorks Sok. There was also a manor of Roger … the appurtenances in the said Bekyingham in the Clay, to Richard vicar of that church, which were likewise held in … and Boyle. In another, 12 Eliz. 16 Robert Browne, and Richard Frances claimed against Barth. Frances, three mess. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Becontree hundred East Ham THE HUNDRED OF BECONTREE (continued) THE HUNDRED OF BECONTREE … number of ponds and springs, of which the most notable was Miller's well, a medicinal spring situated at the point where … Plashet House, Plashet Lane, was mentioned in 1615, when Richard Glover, who had bought it from Robert Thomas, died …
The Environs of London
… Beddington BEDDINGTON. Etymology. The name of this parish has experienced little variation; in … seized the manor into his own hands, but regranted it to Richard Willoughby and his wife, upon their paying a fine of one hundred shillings. Richard Willoughby left a daughter and heir, Lucy, who was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… was until 1852 a cul-de-sac reached only from Goodramgate. The name, meaning a 'house of prayer', is first recorded c. … also given to mediaeval colleges at Beverley and Ripon. The Bedern housed the Vicars Choral, who deputised for the … to George Nevill, now Bishop of Exeter, and his brother Richard, Earl of Warwick, for a college consisting of a …