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A History of the County of Gloucester
… which was held in the manor court by Cirencester Abbey's bailiffs. 40 View of frankpledge was claimed by the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… nearly a dozen villages between Newmarket and Saffron Walden (Essex), follows a straight course across the former heath … per cent in twenty-one parishes in west Suffolk and north Essex. 18 In the 1930s Newmarket was far more important in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the early 11th century by King Cnut, who gave it to Ely abbey in 1022 in exchange for Cheveley. 58 Archbishop Stigand later held it as lessee or custodian of the abbey, and on his death in 1072 it was taken by William I. … Add. Ch. 6211; Cal. Close, 15009, nos. 108, 112; V.C.H. Essex, iv. 13, 191. L. & P. Hen. VIII, xxi (1), p. 353; B.L. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… David Hills, 1681. ConditionGood, re-built. Secular a(2). Essex House, m. N.N.E. of the parish church, was re-built in …
The Environs of London
… H. Hickman, Bart. was lord of the manor of Woodfordhall in Essex, and died at his manor-house there, in 1420 10. Whether … was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am not certain; but think the latter more … ago. It is thus described in the record of Doomsday: The Abbey of Waltham Holycross has, from time immemorial, held …
A History of the County of Essex
… The whole of Woodford was within the ancient Forest of Essex. In the Middle Ages it was part of the forest bailiwick … from the trustees of the estate of E. N. Buxton. 74 V.C.H. Essex, i. 375. For the Forest see below, p. 350. V.C.H. Essex, ii. 130. Ibid. i. 446. W. R. Fisher, Forest of Essex, …
A History of the County of Essex
… reorganized for mixed juniors and infants, and in 1953 the Essex education committee bought the freehold of the … (d. 1585) left rent-charges for the poor of various Essex parishes. That for Woodford was 1 a year, charged on … London, Supplement (1811), 365. E. J. Erith, Woodford, Essex, 16001836, 80. Nat. Soc. Rep. 1814, p. 21. Ibid. 1818, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of purely agricultural villages of similar area in Essex numbered only about 300. 2 Many of the inhabitants of … 73 Warner may have built the sham 'chapel' or 'abbey' ruin in the garden, a structure of flint and brick of … a tradition that it was once a hunting-seat of the earl of Essex. 77 The house was pulled down by Brice Pearse between …
A History of the County of Essex
… that crime was less prevalent in Woodford than in most Essex parishes, though the forest provided cover for thieves. … paid 5 s. as composition. In 1721 the Middlesex and Essex turnpike trust became responsible for the upper road … D/DCw M1725. E.R.O., D/DCw M2630. E.R.O., D/DCw M19. Cat. Essex Par. Recs. 2nd edn., 2379. E. J. Erith, Woodford, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Woodford, known as Monkhams, did not belong to Waltham Abbey but to Stratford Langthorne Abbey. 5 Most of the parish east of the river belonged to … fields now cover most of the rest of the area. Morant, Essex, i. 38; C. Hart, Early Charters o Essex, Saxon Period, …