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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Conqueror, who retained the manor in his own hands. Roger de Montford also possessed an estate here, of which five … but others enjoyed the profits of them; viz., Robert de Vallibus held a half-part of one of them, with thirty … the manors of Great and Little Worlingham. The Testa de Nevill, an invaluable record of the 13th century, contains …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford church, 66 but by the mid 13th century Matthew de Braham was vicar. 67 Many of the medieval vicars were …
A History of the County of Essex
… by Sir George Marney. The second, written in 1405 by John de Trokelowe, a monk, told of a dragon who threatened Richard …
A History of the County of Essex
… escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to William de Munfitchet and thereafter the manor of WORMINGFORD HALL … on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de Munfichet, the overlordship passed to Giles de Plaiz, Lord Plaiz (d. 1302). 99 It descended with the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 817 inhabitants. Worsthorn, or Wrdest, belonged to Henry de Wrdest in the reign of Stephen or Henry II.; and was granted in that of Edward II., by Henry de Lacy, to the Stansfield family. It afterwards became the … a chapelry, in the parish of Breedon, union of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, hundred of West Goscote, N. division of the …
A History of the County of York
… who was a minor dignitary instituted in 1232 by Walter de Gray to perform the duties of the precentor in his … the cathedral officers to pull down the screen— clausure de charpenterie—around the monument and pile wood and stone …
A History of the County of Sussex
… WORTHING comprised two estates which belonged to William de Braose in 1086; one, called Ordinges, had belonged to Earl … le Savage, held both parts of the manor from William de Braose in 1086, 51 and Worthing descended with Broadwater … 70 No further record of the manor has been found. William de Bernehus gave land in Worthing to the hospital he had …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Catholic public worship. In 1862 the Sisters of Notre Dame de Sion established a temporary convent in North Street whose …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 718 inhabitants. In the reign of Edward I., Geoffrey de Neville had a grant of free warren here. The Pooleys of …