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A History of the County of Gloucester
… of 3 cassati of wooded land at Woodchester was made to the bishop of Worcester by King Ethelbald of Mercia. 44 The … had been encroached upon by Ethelwald before 896 when the bishop granted a life-interest in the estate to Ethelwald and … manor passed to his son, also John, 52 who held a knight's fee at Woodchester in 1285. 53 John died in 1297 and was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the 10-hide royal manor in 1086 in defiance of Ely's claim, 59 which was never satisfied. The history of the … 1264), lord of a third of the barony of Bourn, had knight's fee in Woodditton until 1228. 60 In the 1230s the holder of … Nunns farm in Woodditton, were granted by exchange to the bishop of Ely in 1538 71 and reverted to the Crown in the …
The Environs of London
… free from the payment of the same, when they came to God's board, might say a Pater noster and an Ave for his soul, … 1789. James Usher, Archbishop of Armagh. Robert Maxwell, Bishop of Kilmore. Brian Duppa, Bishop of Salisbury. Several of this kind occur. There was a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … as a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 … in Domesday Book under Salisbury, which was held by the Bishop of Salisbury. 27 In 1214 it was alleged that Gilbert …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the bishop. 11 In 1224 the rector was allowed to claim pasture … non-preaching clergy. 24 Robert Wright (15891619), later bishop successively of Bristol and of Lichfield and Coventry, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of Gartree, parts of Lindsey, … books at 13; net income, 70; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lincoln. The tithes were commuted for land in 1767. … division of the county of Durham, 7 miles (E. S. E.) from Bishop-Auckland; containing 207 inhabitants. This place was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the parish. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the … Woodmancott WOODMANCOTT, a hamlet, in the parish of Bishop's-Cleeve, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Cleeve, … is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of Ripon, alternately; net income, 150 per annum. The …
A History of the County of Sussex
… patronage of the new united benefice has belonged to the bishop. 85 The living was valued at £10 in 1291, including 13 s. 4 d. in tithes from a ploughland at Truleigh in Edburton. … rectory then owned a portion of tithe corn worth 7 s. a year in Shermanbury, 87 and in 1675 the rector received …
A History of the County of Sussex
… were his sisters Nichole, Lucy, and Olive. After Lucy's death without issue her share seems to have passed to … 1416), who was succeeded by his son John (d. 1467). John's son and heir Sir William died in 1527, 48 and under a … bay. The tithing of Blackstone belonged in 1316 to the bishop of Chichester. 41 John Beard was owner or occupier of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … sold them to the duke of Marlborough in 1783. 81 33. The Bishop's House Formerly the rectory house. 82 34. Woodstock …