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A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Economic history AGRICULTURE In 1086 there was land at Burton for 2 ploughteams in demesne, … had established a grange there, 4 and in the 1340s Abbot Robert de Brykhull built a dovecot, as well as a 'great … Clerk (or Clark) family who were clothiers included Henry (fl. 1602), 22 Robert (fl. 1625), 1 Joy (fl. 1652), 2 and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the dedication of the abbey, recorded as St. Mary alone in 1086, had commonly become St. Mary and St. Modwen; 8 by the … part of the town lands. 6 PECULIAR JURISDICTION Bishop Robert Peche (1121-6) confirmed to Burton abbey as 'the … by the Crown after the dissolution of the college was Robert Baslowe, formerly a petty canon of the college; he was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… tax, their hidations being recorded in Domesday Book in 1086. There was also tax-assessed land at Burton itself where … and in the 1780s the Lancashire cotton manufacturer, Robert Peel, opened mills in Burton. 11 It was probably … in High Street that was occupied by the newly-married Robert Shirley (from 1787 Earl Ferrers): his son and his …
A History of the County of Stafford
… villani recorded in the Domesday Book entry for Burton in 1086 5 probably occupied scattered holdings, but by the early …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of the later townships of Burton and Burton Extra. 7 In 1086 the abbey had land assessed for tax on 1 1/2 hides at … houses in England not to hold by military service in 1086, 11 and the abbot still held the manor of the king in … stood at Shobnall, where 'a great barn' built by Abbot Robert de Brykhull (1340-47) was possibly the barn of seven …
A History of the County of Stafford
… north end of the main block. 12 The occupier in 1851 was Robert Thornewill, the son of a Burton ironmaster, Thomas … Cliff, in Stretton. 1 Alterations made to the house by Robert, and described as 'fanciful' by Lord Anglesey's agent, … 4 By 1871, however, Thornewill's widow and son, also Robert, were living there and they continued to do so until …
A History of the County of Stafford
… cotton spinner, came to Burton in 1780 on the opening of Robert Peel's cotton mill, there was no meeting in Burton. He … agreed to let their chapel, house, and school to the Revd. Robert McLean, who by 1808 had formed an Independent …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was probably a conduit in the market place in 1431: Abbot Robert Ownesby paid for the stone work of a well ( opus … A second engine was given in the same year by Robert Peel, the owner of a cotton manufactory at Bond End. … 1870s that baths were built, and then by Richard and Robert Ratcliff, the sons of the brewer Samuel Ratcliff. The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Extra were convicted as recusants in 1667, including Robert Cotton, a surgeon, who was again convicted in the late … his family. 11 William Cotton, also a surgeon and probably Robert's son, was listed as a recusant with his wife and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… was later maintained personally by Mosley together with Robert Thornewill of the Abbey. 16 After Thornewill's death … and the Burton Weekly News was started in 1856 by Robert Bellamy, a printer in Bridge Street. 10 In 1860 a …