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A History of the County of Essex
… 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne … sold several copyholds as freeholds, including several to William Lynne who was building up his family estate. 71 From … Flisp (fl. 1405), 73 Richard Thurston (d. 1581), and William Browne (d. 1573) and his son Robert (d. 1595). 74 In …
A History of the County of Essex
… West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to William de Munfitchet and thereafter the manor of WORMINGFORD … Mountfichet. In 1267 on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de Munfichet, the overlordship …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Parish Church of St. Lawrence, stands about mile W. of the village. It is built of flint rubble with stone dressings, and is repaired with brick; the chancel and nave are coated with cement, and roofed with … monument of coloured marbles, with recumbent effigies of William Purveye, 1617, and Dorothy his wife, with arms and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … Chamberlain, by whose representative it was sold to William Sutcliffe, Esq., of Burnley and Leeds: in 1803 it was … the king's books at 6. 2. 8., and in the gift of the Rev. William Wilson: the tithes have been commuted for 136, and …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has … on its western side with figures of English kings from William the Conqueror to Henry VI. This arrangement was perhaps due to …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It … inside. Fittings Bell: three; 2nd 1719, 3rd 1736, both by William Knight but recast 1951. Bracket: in chancel, above S. … Floor-slabs. Monuments: in nave, on N. wall, (1) to Gerard William Vanneck, grandson of Lord Huntingfield, 1840, white …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing WORTHING The Present article 51 deals with the history of Worthing … notably Miles Stringer, a London tea merchant, 8 William France, upholsterer to the king, who built the first … Story, 14-15. e.g. W.R.L., ex parte Hen. Newland, copy J. William's opinion. e.g. ibid. Newland v. Penfold, brief for …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by … and medical and other aid. In 1974 £53 was distributed. William Potter, a Worthing grocer, 37 by will proved 1896 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing tithing which lay outside the jurisdiction of Broadwater manor, 92 but Broadwater's … by opposition led by the clerk to the commissioners, William Tribe. 25 After a second enquiry the board's …
A History of the County of Sussex
… plans Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WORTHING comprised two estates which belonged to William de Braose in 1086; one, called Ordinges, had belonged … Robert le Savage, held both parts of the manor from William de Braose in 1086, 51 and Worthing descended with …