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A History of the County of Stafford
… island, Burton meadow, was formed by a major division of the river. The main course ran some distance east of the … debt on the purchase of the ferry rights. 17 St. Peter's Bridge St. Peter's bridge, carrying a relief road … renewal in 1742. 7 Henry was succeeded in 1757 by his son John, who continued the navigation until the expiry of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 ploughteams were worked by 9 villani. There were 16 a. of meadow, and woodland measured 1/2 league in both length … Hall, was the lessee by 1544. He was succeeded by his son Edward, who held the farm until the 1590s when he left … Street in 1997. 4 A branch of Tesco at the west end of St. Peter's Bridge was opened in 1995. 5 BREWING Early History …
A History of the County of Stafford
… She departed for Ireland, leaving Andresey in the care of two female companions, and died, but her body was brought … house which Recelbert had previously held. 3 Alwine's son, also Alwine, later became chaplain for life with the … pay nothing to the diocesan or archdeacon except 3 s. for Peter's pence. 10 The powers of the abbot's court were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… A minster church was refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey … the royalist forces of the earl of Chesterfield and his son Ferdinando Stanhope late in 1642, 9 but the establishment … an abortive attempt to inclose common land in 1694. 14 His son, Henry, earl of Uxbridge (d. 1743), was less directly …
A History of the County of Stafford
… tenants in Burton itself and in the outlying settlements of Branston, Horninglow, Stapenhill, Stretton, and Winshill, all of which were tithings with their own frankpledges. In … banker (d. 1805), and then by Hoskins's junior partner and son-in-law John Dickenson Fowler. 4 Fowler, who was knighted …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Wulfric Spot, a Mercian nobleman, bequeathed by his will of 1002 x 1004 to his newly- founded monastery at Burton … of treason in 1587, thereby forfeiting his estates. His son William regained most of them, including Burton manor, in … in 1493. 4 He was succeeded apparently in 1524 by his son Thomas, and Thomas at an unknown date by his son John, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Monastic precinct The abbey church stood beside an arm of the river Trent at the south end of the town, with its … fell through on his his death in 1563. 5 William's son Thomas certainly lived at Burton in the 1570s. 6 … Samuel Lowe. 10 Between 1825 and 1839 it was the home of Peter French, the minister at Holy Trinity church, 11 who may …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Parliamentary representation Although the abbot of Burton was summoned to parliament as a baron between 1295 … covering east Stafford-shire, created in 1885 as one of seven new divisions for the county, was named Burton. 8 … following were M.P.s: John Gretton, a brewer (1918); his son, also John (1943); A. W. Lyne (1945); Arthur (from 1955 …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in a Burton charter, was possibly a maker or supervisor of a conduit. 10 There was probably a conduit in the market … in 1431: Abbot Robert Ownesby paid for the stone work of a well ( opus lapideum fontis) there that year. 11 The … in 1436 Abbot Ralph Henley negotiated the laying down of lead pipes from a spring there to the river Trent; the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… unto the church'; in 1580 he was committed to the custody of the dean of Windsor in a failed attempt to convert him to … at all'. 3 His household steward in the mid 1570s was Peter Botrell, a Roman Catholic priest, who may also have … suspicion of involvement in the Throckmorton plot. 7 His son William (later Lord Paget) was made a ward of the Crown …