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A History of the County of Bedford
… Consort passed through the town in 1841 on her way to Woburn. The sympathies of the county during the civil wars of … their privilege against Dunstable in 1220, but with Woburn Abbey an amicable arrangement was arrived at in 1225 … was not scrupulously kept by the priory, for in 1315 Woburn Abbey obtained from Edward II a confirmation of a …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and cruel. They vexed the Abbots of St. Albans and of Woburn very much, and especially us, who were unjustly …
A History of the County of Bedford
… land and 191 acres of woods and plantations. 1 Part of Woburn Park stretches into this parish near Berry End, and is … to the north of the church have now been absorbed in Woburn Park. The building at present known as Mill Farm, … Manor, which had been granted by the tenant in fee, to Woburn Abbey. 7 A similar ceding of rights was made in 1313 …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Hugh de Bolebec, whose son Hugh, the founder in 1145 of Woburn Abbey, was succeeded by his brother Walter de Bolebec, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the east end of the parish a cottage on inclosures called Woburn had been taken down by 1569. 49 A house and farm … a moat survive. The other farms sold by Earle c. 1806 were Woburn, Dolman's, Laurel, and Cloatley End. Woburn farm, 203 a. in 1840, was bought by Christopher Cole; …
A History of the County of Bedford
… the Dissolution the grange and mill were the property of Woburn Abbey. About half a mile to the south of the village … owner of the vill, part of which was held by the Abbot of Woburn in frank almoigne. 7 In 1301 Ralph settled the manor … 36 (q.v.). A portion of Harlington held by the Abbot of Woburn in 1302 37 was part of the lands granted to that …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Simon Eye, of Ramsey (131742). 45 In 1279 the abbot of Woburn held 1 virgates in free alms of Reginald de Grey, and … of Hemingford Grey, which belonged to the late abbey of Woburn, was leased for 21 years to Thomas Maryott. 49 Certain …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… I passed through the town on his way from Caversham to Woburn. 37 In 1663 it was the scene of another royal visit, …
A History of the County of Bedford
… called a water-mill, was worth 13 s. 4 d. 34 The abbey of Woburn possessed a small estate in Higham, which, together …
A History of the County of Bedford
… one coming west from Leighton Buzzard, the other from Woburn in the east. Hockliffe at one time enjoyed an … and that he has always kept the road between Hockliffe and Woburn in good repair, and intends to lay yearly on the same … roads leading from Hockliffe to Aylesbury, Stratford and Woburn. 4 The village, which is situated in the south-west of …