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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… provide clothing for poor persons was the gift (1695) by Bishop Patrick of the revenues derived by the see of Ely from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… distribution of £3 15 s. was to be made to the poor. The bishop was made Visitor of the Corporation. The sea shores, … than its master. Wisbech was a manorial borough; the Bishop of Ely was Visitor of the Corporation as well as lord …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… CHURCH A vicarage was instituted in or before 1252, when Bishop Northwold presented William de Northwold to it. The … chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In 1275 Bishop Balsham appropriated the church of Wisbech to the … appoint the vicar remained, as it has since done, with the bishop. 63 The church was valued in 1217 at £33 6 s. 8 d., …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Osbert de Denever in holding of a fee in Wisbech of the Bishop of Ely, 93 which by 1346 had passed to the heirs of … and in 1346 to his son Nicholas. 97 Walter de Langton, Bishop of Lichfield, held a fee in Coldham (in Elm and … Ida to hold them in dower. 4 This estate was increased by Bishop Balsham's grant of certain new purprestures for mark …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… (i) on Norwood Common, with the tenants of March in the Bishop of Ely's manor of Doddington, and (ii) in Sutton Fen … of livestock. Three letters dated 1561 and 1562 from Bishop Cox to his March and Doddington tenants, regretting … 8 That with March and Doddington was not settled by Bishop Cox's letters; four tenants of Doddington manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… year rent. 83 In 1793 statutory powers were acquired 84 by Bishop Yorke to sell the castle and grounds. The Bill passed … Geo. III c. liii. In a letter (written by Dr. John Warren, Bishop of Bangor) preserved at Ely (Bp.'s Mun., D 9), Eyre … rich a see to alienate property, and imputed dishonesty to Bishop Yorke as the castle was said to be in bad repair. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the manor made in the second year of the episcopate of Bishop de Fontibus (1221), the demesnes, including 140 acres … nova purprestura, amounted to 794 acres. 61 In 1251 during Bishop Northwold's episcopate there were 719¼, rated at 5 … pasture was situated towards the sea and was held by the bishop in severalty; its value depended on whether it had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Trinity, and the nineteen days following, was granted to Bishop Hotham in 1327. 77 This fair had changed slightly in … episcopal claim in the butchers' shambles failed. 82 The bishop's rights were not finally extinguished until 1811, when £20 was paid to the bishop and £300 to trustees for the holders of permanent …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of allegiance may have been due to the fact that the then Bishop of Ely (the Hon. James Yorke) was a member of the … of an electorate of 224, the Rt. Hon. Charles Yorke, the bishop's nephew, received 82 Wisbech votes to 94 for Manners. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the flow of water was improved by cutting Moreton's Leam. Bishop West spent £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a …