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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… It is situated on an acclivity above Bottesford beck, and comprises 733 a. 3 r. 6 p. The common lands were inclosed … common pleas in the reign of Henry VI., and another to his son Sir John. A district church, dedicated to the Holy … of the remainder of the rectorial tithes, Sir R. Price, Bart., and the Arkwright family. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Christi Coll. 1714, M.A. 1717; rector of Greatham 1717-46, and vicar of Newton Valence, (both) Hants, 1718-46. See … 30 Jan., 1610-11; bar.-at-law, Middle Temple, 1619, as son and heir of William, of Petersfield, Hants, gent. See …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… along the N. side of copse banks between about SP 06651384 and 06741387, where the remains of a terrace 10 ft. wide are … platform, approximately 25 ft. by 17 ft., at SP 06051390, and by building stones (including a rectangular block 2 ft. 5 … and members of the Imperial families: Germanicus (adopted son of Tiberius) 15 B.C.A.D. 19 Claudius I A.D. 4154 Nero …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel and c. 2 miles (3 km.) from the sea. In 1881 it had 1,740 a. and was irregular in shape. 94 Between 1882 and 1891 it was … by 1750. 15 He was succeeded at his death in 1774 by his son Sir William (d. 1777), whose nephew and heir George White …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … of the river Cam in the south-east; parts of the eastern and western boundaries are marked by roads. 74 The boundaries … Mortain, in 1086. 10 The fee probably passed to Robert's son William who forfeited his estates in 1106. 11 By 1166 it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church of the abbey, and it was still occasionally called a chapel in the 14th … time that the chapel and tower were built. Sir Thomas's son Sir William built in 1634 a screen at the tower entrance, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … created, including that bought by Henry Irish, 65 whose son John's assessment for the subsidy of 1581 was second only … tenants are to any appreciable extent dependent upon the price of corn'. 1 Sheep were still kept in the 19th century, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Thames. 41 The river forms the southern parish boundary, and a tributary stream known as Rowel brook in the north and as Kingsbridge brook in the south formed the eastern … principal victims Sir William Spencer of Yarnton. 41 His son, Sir Thomas, kept lordly state at Yarnton Manor, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 … successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and Bernard's son Thomas (d. 1219). …