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A History of the County of Somerset
… originated as unfree tenants at Woolavington, and included Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 … Crown until 1553 when it was sold to Kenelm, Clement, and (Sir) John Throckmorton, probably in trust for John, to be … 1505) and his widow Elizabeth (fl. 1533), later wife of Sir Anthony Willoughby. 6 The estate, described as a manor …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Margaret, granddaughter of Edmund Gray, married Sir John Mill, bt. 28 and the manor descended in this family until 1791, when the Rev. Sir Charles Mill sold it to Lord Robert Spencer. 29 Lord … 1727 an agreement was made with the parishioners by which Sir Richard Mill undertook to take down the 'stipple' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cottages, with the old manor-house, in which the immortal Sir Isaac Newton was born, on Christmas-day, 1642. His … of Robert Banastre. This lady was afterwards married to Sir John Langton, whose descendant, John Langton, in the … for five aged widows was founded about the year 1560, by Sir Martin Bowes, who endowed it with a portion of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… W.R (?) presumably for William Roper, the son-in-law of Sir Thomas More; there is a panelled hexagonal pinnacle at … roofs are covered with slates and lead. It was built for Sir John Shaw, between the years 1663 and 1665, by Hugh May, …
The Environs of London
… formerly occupied the spot where the market is now held 3. Sir William Pritchard gave the old market-house (where the … Woolwich belonged to Sabina de Windlesore, or Windfor 9. Sir John Pulteney became possessed of it before 1327 10; the … executed a deed, by which he conveyed to the said Sir John all his right and interest in this estate, by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at 8. 10. 2., and in the gift of the Representatives of Sir J. W. H. Brydges, Knt.: the tithes have been commuted for … with a house. The church is in the early English style. Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, Bart., who died in 1837, was a … style; it contains a handsome marble monument in memory of Sir Thomas Hooke, Bart., and several memorials to the family …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the younger, John Rivers, held a third of it as dower. Sir Robert Bilkemore and his wife Anstice held the manor, … and Thomas Rivers, perhaps her son, 49 and in 1351 Sir Robert and Anstice conveyed the manor to Thomas 50 (d. … Roger Rivers, 55 and in 1441 was sold by Henry Rivers to Sir John Seymour. 56 From the death of Sir John Seymour in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… paid to the king for the redemption of the town. In 1486, Sir Humphrey Stafford and his brother, Lord Lovell, having … the siege and dispersed. During the prelacy of Whitgift, Sir John Russel and Sir Henry Berkeley came to the sessions here, with a large …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… from this the college took its name. The site was given by Sir John Giffard before 1299 and the college was partly … foundation of Worcester College in 1714 under the will of Sir Thomas Cookes, Bart. The central portion of the buildings …