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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. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is … a venerable mansion erected by Sir William Pope, first Earl of Downe, in 1618, which still retains the name of … altar-tomb, with the recumbent effigies of the first Earl of Downe, and Lady Anne his wife, richly habited in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… was probably identical with the woodland 1 league long and ½ league broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as … for ironstone and £33 for coal. 89 In the years 1748-54 Earl Gower invested an average of £1,714 a year in mines in … raised in 1764-5. 91 The Gower interest increased, the 2nd Earl Gower buying land in 1771. By 1780 ironstone production …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… were owned by the Charltons of Apley from 1673. In 1813 and 1822 respectively Lord Berwick and the earl of Shrewsbury retained the mining rights when they sold … his mines in Wrockwardine Wood to Viscount Granville (cr. Earl Granville 1833); he evidently still owned them in 1839 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Wrockwardine church predate the mid 12th century 62 and there was a priest in 1086. 63 Shrewsbury abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred … Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. 69 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Education EDUCATION. John Poole (or Pole) and Henry Bynnell were schoolmasters in the late 17th century 58 and Richard Poyner from 1702. 59 Elizabeth Bullock (d. 1681) and Jane Schofield (d. 1705) kept schools in their houses. A …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wrockwardine Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the … of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of Shrewsbury by 1074, was tenant in chief by 1086, and … The manor was presumably forfeited after the rebellion of Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of … curacy; net income, 115; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Craven. The church has a tower, and is very ancient, … returned at 72. 5. 4., and granted by Henry VIII. to the Earl of Surrey. There are still some slight remains of the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… geld-roll of c. 1074 Wymersley figures as a hundred and a half; 1 but in the Domesday Survey the western portion … Collingtree, Courteenhall, Hardingstone, Milton, and Rothersthorpe, and probably Wootton) constituted the … seems to have become divided, possibly when Richard Earl of Kent disposed of his estates, as Richard Fermor owned …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… X Charter granting rights of trade in Argyll and Lennox (1242-3) X. Charter by King Alexander II. granting to the Bishop of Glasgow and his successors that the bishops burgesses and men of … of Saint Andrews, George bishop of Dunkeld, William Cumin earl of Menenteth, William Olifard justiciar of Lothian, …