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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was … 25 Peter Merciarius rendered account of 100 for the king's peace, and, paying 63 into the treasury, remained with a debt … The mayor, recorder and aldermen were henceforth to be justices of the peace for the city and liberty and precincts. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of Winchester, setting aside the legends of King Lucius, may … will be noticed the arms of Edward III, 'the shield for peace' of the Black Prince, William of Wykeham's cheverons …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … Pembroke, against Louis of France, the war ending in the peace signed at Lambeth on 11 September 1217. There are many … destitute state were commended to the care of the county justices. 348 Furniture and hangings were recovered to some …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the manor of WINSTONE was held by Ansfrid de Cormeilles who had received it on his marriage to a niece of Walter de Lacy, 45 although Walter's son Hugh may have … his son, Henry (d. 1279), although admitted to the king's peace in 1268, does not seem to have held land at Winstone, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… N.E.) Winton is a parish and village on the border of the county, 1 m. N.E. of Kirkby Stephen. Secular Monuments (17) The following … and B.E. 1681 To all the dwelers in this place God grant peace hapines and grace." Inside the building is an original …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) … is divided into two wards; the mayor and late mayor are justices of the peace, and the number of other magistrates is 3. The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the long, narrow shape usually found in Wisbech hundred, … Elm had the reputation of a law-abiding village. The peace celebrations of 1814, when '738 persons dined …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of … and Thorney, produced 300, and later 600 men. 73 The peace celebrations of 1814 were on a grand scale. 'The coup …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Later history of the castle LATER HISTORY OF THE CASTLE Secretary John Thurloe, who purchased the manor … replaced Morton's palace by a house in the style of the time, said to have been designed by Inigo Jones, but …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … diverted back again soon afterwards by the blocking of the Creek. 3 No attempt seems to have been made to reopen … of the Commissioners for the Nene Outfall and the local Justices, stated (20 September 1827) that the countryside was …