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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… due from it were held by Glanvill by grant from the King for his support in the king's service. In 1184 among "New Pleas and pleas of Courts in …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… a knights fee of Oliver de Eyncourt, who held it of the king of the old feoffment. [Pedigree] 3 Robert Jorce of … tenements, to be pleaded before the justices of the kings bench; during which time she passed them to Richard de … earl of Chesterfield, Incumbent, Thomas Bigsley. Vic. King's book 4l. 19s. 2d. Clear yearly value 25l. 0s. 0d. …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… street, Ridgefield and the house now used as a butcher's shop are three-bay timber structures, the latter carrying … that certain lands at Burton were held directly of the king by reason of the duke's attainder. 28 Despite the … of French religious houses, was for long periods in the king's hands, and from 1339 onwards the king repeatedly …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Stafford, and partly in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby; comprising the township … Ireland, came hither, and, having obtained an asylum from King Ethelwulph, in reward for a miraculous cure that she is … endeavoured to defend the passage of the river against the king; but being unsuccessful in his attempt, he fled with his …
A History of the County of Stafford
… value of the manor had increased from £3 in 1066 to £3 10 s. in 1086. 9 The outlying townships in the parish were … grant of a market every Thursday was made to the abbey by King John in 1200, when he also authorised an extension of … and depicting the grant of the market charter by King John to Abbot William Melburne. 16 Poultry, game, and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Trent called Andresey, an Old English name meaning 'Andrew's isle', and to have dwelt there as an anchoress. She … record of Modwen, conflated his subject with both Modwen's legend at Burton and that of Darerca, a southern Scottish … and was the occasion of Burton's fair, authorized by the king in 1200. 11 In the early 13th century it was known as …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of York, exercised episcopal functions in Mercia, whose king, Wulfhere, gave him land in various places on which he … in the river Trent near the parish church means 'Andrew's isle' and refers to a church there dedicated to St. Andrew, … abbey when supervising the work of justices of the king's bench sitting at Lichfield. 6 It was probably from the latter …
A History of the County of Stafford
… mainly from the 1860s, with the creation of St. Paul's Square as a prestigious focal point in the earlier 1870s. … St.) 31 Site of Quaker meeting house (Abbey St.) 32 King's Way church, formerly Methodist chapel (Queen St.) 33 … Arthur Street itself, together with William Street and King Street, had been laid out by 1865. 20 St. Paul's Square …
A History of the County of Stafford
… a manor court which had jurisdiction over the abbey's tenants in Burton itself and in the outlying settlements of … 12 The abbot's powers were extended in 1468 when the king granted him the authority to return writs previously … was detained on the abbot's orders in 1372. 13 There was a prison in the mid 1550s, 14 and repairs to the town gaol were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1086, 11 and the abbot still held the manor of the king in free alms in the later 1270s. 12 The abbey was … family. John Blount, a butcher, took a lease of the abbey's grange at Branston in 1431 and was a burgess of Burton … built by a later John Blount, who was evidently the abbot's principal legal adviser in 1493. 4 He was succeeded …