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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Worlingham Worlingham. Ulf, a free-man of Gurth, the brother of Harold, held Worlingham at the time … Mary, who, marrying the Right Hon. Archibald Acheson, Earl of Gosford, carried it to that nobleman, who in her … it, with remainder to Lord Acheson, his son, in fee. The Earl was created a Peer of the United Kingdom by the title of …
A History of the County of Essex
… had been taken by Raymond Girald and was held by Roger of Poitou who held manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. … 99 It descended with the barony of Plaiz to John de Vere, earl of Oxford (d. 1513), and with the earl- dom of Oxford until 1582. The overlordship was last …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. … employing about 1500 hands. Worsley Hall, the seat of the Earl of Ellesmere, is a stately modern structure with an … and its inhabitants are extensively employed by the Earl of Ellesmere, owner of large property around: in its …
A History of the County of York
… It has been said 1 that the earliest liturgical traditions of the north were closely linked with Rome: this is perhaps illustrated in the beginnings of Anglian Christianity at York when Paulinus baptized Edwin … service taken by Robert Douglas, chaplain to the Earl of Leven. The minster and the city churches were taken …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by the successive boundary … stayed at Worthing, including the duke and duchess of Northumberland in 1802, 97 Henry Dundas, first lord of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Growth of the town Growth of the town. In the 18th century, and probably earlier, the … side, which after enlargement in 1790 for George Greville, earl of Warwick (d. 1816), 42 was known as Warwick House. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… List of maps and plans Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER … de Braose in 1086; one, called Ordinges, had belonged to Earl Godwin (d. 1053), and the other, called Mordinges, had … of his household. 55 Sir William (d. 1542), created earl of Southampton in 1537, 56 settled the reversion of his …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Wrandike hundred THE HUNDRED OF WRANDIKE containing the parishes of Barrowden; Bisbrooke; … Hundred in 1256, leaving a son William, 6 who became Earl of Warwick and died in 1268 without issue, leaving as his heir his nephew, William de Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick. Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, who held the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Ribby. Wreay WREAY, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Mary, union of Carlisle, Cumberland ward, E. division … Rothbury, W. division of Coquetdale ward, N. division of Northumberland, 5 miles (W.) from Rothbury; containing 29 … Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was made prisoner at the battle of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine, a mainly rural parish, lies south and east of the river Tern and north of Watling Street; the western boundary is mostly with … Wroxeter parish and to the east lies the northern part of Telford new town. The main part of the ancient parish, …