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A History of the County of Oxford
… in the early 19th century. 157 The 13th-century surname 'de Crundel' 158 may imply a few cottages nearer Corn Street's … elsewhere. Lowell Place or Yard, originally a narrow cul-de-sac running northwards from Corn Street with cottage rows … mess and other buildings. In September 1939 the De Havilland aircraft company took over the airfield, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ovolo frames, probably of similar date, while the oeil-de-beuf upper parts to the windows of the grammar school of … windows have stone mullions and transoms with oeil-de-beuf openings above. The schoolroom was renovated by the … post-war development: in particular the aircraft company De Havilland developed a major repair factory at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with the legend 'SIGILL UM COMMUNE BURGEN SIUM ET VILLE DE WITNEY' ('Common Seal of the Burgesses [or Borough] and … Witney, 245, and Hyde, 'Winchester Manors', 71, list Adam de Pyry as MP in 1307 or 130910, apparently in error: cf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or the king. The earliest known incumbent, Humphrey de Millers, who resigned Witney in 1220, was a royal servant … provost of Aosta and later archbishop of Tarentaise; Peter de Chambry (rector? 125861), papal chaplain and canon of St Martin-le-Grand, London; William Wachi de Chambry (rector 12611310); and William's nephew, also …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This place, which takes its distinctive affix from Gilbert de la Ley, its proprietor in the reign of Henry II., was … An hospital for five lepers was founded by Gilbert de la Ley, of which the only memorial now remaining is a … it in marriage with his only daughter, Julian, to Ranulph de Merlay, from whom it passed to Roger de Somerville, Lord …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the site of a Cistercian abbey founded in 1145, by Hugh de Bolebec, and the revenue of which, at the Dissolution, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of marginal inscription in Lombardic capitals to Margerie de Sutt(on)e, early 14th-century; (9) of civilian, scroll, …
A History of the County of Essex
… apparently the endowment of a second chantry. 24 Elizabeth de Vere (d. 1537), widow of John, 13th earl of Oxford, left … were probably items from Elizabeth's bequest, to John de Vere, earl of Oxford, the proceeds going to the poor. 26 … 2-3; E.A.T. n.s. xv. 242; Morant, Essex, ii. 188; Liber de Antiquis Legibus, (Camden Soc. [1st ser.], xxxiv), p. …
A History of the County of Essex
… south-west and then south to reach Wivenhoe quay. 92 The de Veres built a road known as The Entry, which became a … held other estates in Essex and Suffolk, the powerful de Vere family seated at Castle Hedingham had interests all … were burnt. 85 In 1462, during the Wars of the Roses, John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and his son were beheaded for …