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A History of the County of Hertford
… Griffin paid three peppercorns or a gilly-flower when a king or queen was crowned in the castle of Berkhampstead. 124 … such a gild which was confirmed to the men by the same king. Of the early history of the town we have but the … have of this hospital at Berkhampstead is in the reign of King John, when Geoffrey Fitz Piers, who held the castle and …
A History of the County of Hertford
… and the people of London chose Edgar Atheling as their king, so William marched from Hastings, crossing the Thames … William then went to Westminster, where he was crowned king by Archbishop Aldred. Berkhampstead was visited in 1643 … seem that about the time of the charter of confirmation by King Richard I or a little later a new church dedicated to …
Old and New London
… Readers of English history need scarcely be told how that King Henry VIII., in his selfish zeal for novelties in … and traitor to his prince, and that therefore he, the king, strictly commanded that he should not be any longer … greatest monarchs who ever sat on the English thronebluff King Henry and Queen Bess, not to mention Henry's father, the …
Old and New London
… but finding that a treaty had been made between that king and the English, he withdrew, and was created king of Norway by the voice of the nation. To strengthen his throne, he married the daughter of the king of Sweden; but his zeal for the Christian faith caused …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of the 16th century. It has moulded and cambered tiebeams, king-posts with curved struts, and moulded wall-plates. The …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… to the brothers Eadric, Eadwig, and Ealdred, described as 'king's men', may have lain in the ancient parish's … the rest of Berrick, rated at 4 hides, was held of the king by Ordgar, who had succeeded his father and uncle. The … Clearly the arrangement was of long standing, since the king ordered an incoming lord to respect it in 1228. In …
A History of the County of Sussex
… part of the estate of Pagham (q.v.), granted by Caedwalla, King of Wessex, to Wilfrid and subsequently conveyed to the …
A Dictionary of London
… tradition is that the City gate was erected by a British king named Belinus or Belin, but as Geoffrey of Monmouth's … times, for in the "De Institutes Lundonie" in the Laws of King Ethelred (Thorpe, I. p. 300), provision is made for the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in Domesday Book, in 1086 it was probably part of the king's estate called Calne. 3 Berwick Bassett had no church … MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES From the 9th or 10th century the king held a large estate called Calne, to which Berwick … honor in 1172. 39 It was held of the honor, then in the king's hand, in 1211-12 40 but not later. After 1194 41 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… the territories only which that prince held in England. King John, upon retiring from an unsuccessful invasion of … of the consistorial court of Durham, valued in the king's books at 20; net income, 289; patrons and … Benedictine nunnery, said to have been founded by David, King of Scotland, and of the monasteries of Black, Grey, …