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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Richard II (1384-5) ANNO 8 RICHARD II. Monday next before the Feast of S. Margaret, Virgin [20 July]. Heylesdon (John de), mercer.To be buried in the church of Heylesdon 1 near the tomb of his father and … so called from its being the property of the Crown, for Stow records a grant by King Henry IV. to certain mercers of …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… 9 Henry IV (1407-8) ANNO 9 HENRY IV. Monday next after the Feast of S. Luke, Evangelist [18 Oct.]. Dadyngton (John), tailor.To Juliana his wife tenements in Lymebrynnerslane in the parish of S. Sepulchre in the … spanned the Fleet. 4 On the west side of Smithfield, says Stow, were fair inns and country buildings as far as "Hosiar …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Jackson (Joseph), clothworker.Certain tenements near "the ould Swanne" in the parish of S. Laurence Poultney, which he had purchased … of a manor situate at the north-east corner of Mark Lane (Stow's 'Survey,' Thoms's ed., 1876, p. 57). 1 Prior to the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Wills James I (1603-25). ANNO 3 JAMES I. Monday next before the Feast of S. Luke, Evangelist [18 Oct.]. Newman (John), … power of appointment leaves to her husband a life interest in a certain tenement called "the Starr" in Colemanstreet in … of copperas (sulphate of iron). 2 A grammar school at Stow-on-the-Wold was also founded by him. 3 It was probably …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Wills Mary I (1553-58) ANNO 1 MARY. Monday next before the Feast of S. Benedict, Abbot [21 March]. Bolton (Christopher), skinner.To be buried in the parish church cloister of All Hallows "the more" in … I, fol. 227 b). 3 A woman of this nickname, says Stow, for many years kept a victualling shop in Tower Street …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilsford WILSFORD The ancient parish of Wilsford lies on the west bank of the … east to west, and 1 miles from north to south. Its area in 1878 was 1,637 a. and that of the civil parish in 1951 was 2,294 a. 2 The population in 1801 was 99, and it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above … living is a discharged rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Stow-Bardolph, and valued in the king's books at 5. 6. 8.: …
The Environs of London
… Wimbledon WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon … one of its early proprietors. I have seen ancient records in which the name of Wimbaldus occurs. Dune in the Saxon … Antiquities of Surrey, vol. i. p. 15. Continuation of Stow's Annals. It is remarkable that Wimbledon-house, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 … engagements between the contending parties took place in the immediate vicinity of this town; in which, according …
Survey of London
… House and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the … Then nought must thou say, whatsoeuer thou thinke." Stow speaks of it as having been a prison "for such as should …