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The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, … its appurtenances of Woolwich, &c. became vested in the Crown, and this estate passed through various lay hands. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of … the king's books at 8. 6. 8., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, 226. The church is a cruciform structure …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river Cherwell, on the north by its tributary … numerous manors in the hundred, for which he held pleas, including those of ve de naam, at a three-weekly court …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… WOOTTON RIVERS Wootton Rivers village lies 6 km. south of Marlborough. 91 Besides the village, the parish contains East Wick Farm, which … Brudenell-Bruce, marquess of Ailesbury, sold it to the Crown in 1950. In Wootton Rivers parish in 1997 the Crown …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … angels. The lower room is divided into two parts, by the crown bar on the north, and the nisi prius court on the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… Worcester cathedral chapter was established by charter of Henry VIII on 24 Jan. 1542, after the dissolution of its monastic body. As in each of the other … establishment became the first dean, thus saving the Crown the expense of his pension. Four former monks figured …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1630s The inhabitants of the parish of the Holy Cross in Pershore. … one of the Kinges majesties justices of his highenes pleas att Westminster and one of his hignes justices of peace …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… (1661) Noble Sir, Though I am unknowne unto you, yett the report of your courtious behaviour towards all gentlemen in … West Indies; where I thought I had shott the very gulfe of affliction, butt coming lately from thence (in a shipp …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1680s The minister, churchwardens and other inhabitants of Tenbury. Ref.110 BA1/1/136/24 (1680) To the right … to the parish wherein hee now inhabites but now may it pleas your worships your poore petitioner by reason of the …