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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… ANNO 35 EDWARD III. Monday next after the Feast of S. Valentine [14 Feb.]. Chaumpeneys (William), baker.To be buried in the church of S. Thomas the Apostle. Bequests to the churches and ministers … its vicars, choristers, &c. To Andrew Pikman, Ralph de Morton, and others, parishioners of the said church of S. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Winterborne Clenston 52 WINTERBORNE CLENSTON (8302) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW) The parish of Winterborne Clenston, with … of arms and armour; on the reverse are shields-of-arms of Morton and of Morton impaling Culme. These finials were originally at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Whitechurch 56 WINTERBORNE WHITECHURCH (8300) (O.S. 6 ins. ST 80 SW, ST 80 SE, SY 89 NW) The parish lies in … now Higher Whatcombe. Threequarters of a mile to the S. of Whatcombe lay La Lee, now Lower Whatcombe; both … embellished with a shield-of-arms of Pleydell quartering Morton impaling Richards. The ends of the faade have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the Nene. Corporation Seal. From the date of Wulfhere's charter, little is recorded of the history of the place … the castle subsequently falling into dilapidation, Bishop Morton, towards the close of the 15th century, erected on its … the Old Nene at Outwell, and thence to the Ouse at Salter's Lode Sluice, opening a way to Norfolk and Suffolk. An act …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… used as a prison and as a place for holding the bishop's courts. John de Lacy, a clerk, was pardoned after breaking … into ruin, and was rebuilt during the episcopate of Bishop Morton (1479-86). 38 During the brief reign of Lady Jane … building survives; it is said to have been of brick, like Morton's work at Hatfield and later at Lambeth, and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… who purchased the manor during the Interregnum, replaced Morton's palace by a house in the style of the time, said to have … but they had hopes of obtaining possession after Medworth's death at a reduced price and the offer fell through. 88 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… coming to the town. In 1534 Bishop Goodrich received £7 6 s. 8 d., 26 increased for Bishop Cox in 1560 to £7 16 s., 27 and £9 9 s. 4 d., with 20 stone of best beef, for … with a view to improving the silted river that Bishop Morton (1479-86) caused his Learn to be cut to Guyhirn and so …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was the straightening of the course of the Nene by Bishop Morton. Thus the port was still largely inaccessible and the … 'WISBECH ANO DOM 1662. 1c. GM'. 66 Several tradesmen's tokens of this period are preserved in the Museum. 67 The … sphere of influence covers the Isle-Cambridge (13.3), King's Lynn (15.6), and Peterborough (13.7), and of the country as …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the Inferior Oolite, with small deposits of fuller's earth and the Great Oolite on Bown hill. 4 The main route … converted to make cottages, one of which included a potter's workshop. South of Frogmarsh, on the lane called Convent … Chester Hill House; the last was the residence of John Morton, Lord Ducie's agent and an agricultural innovator, in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… between the R. Nene and Cranford Brook, on land rising S.W. from 100 ft. to 280 ft. above OD. The higher S.W. part is on Boulder Clay, but along the valley sides … and a 'Roman Urn' were discovered during ploughing (J. Morton, Nat. Hist. of Northants., (1712), 529; J. Bridges, …