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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 … 2 Jane Artur a certain sum of money, to be paid to her on her marriage. The residue of his goods, together with his … 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 … to the Avon at Lake. The downland rises to over 400 ft. on Rox Hill. The meanders of the river below Amesbury have …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above … 4 miles (W.) from Brandon-Ferry. The parish is bounded on the south by the Lesser Ouse, which separates it from the … 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 … two of Ethelbert's generals, Oslac and Cnebba, were slain. On the same common, near the village, is a well, the water of … 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. … Wyndcaleton, and derived that name from its situation on the windings of the river Cale, by which it is bounded on the west. It was the scene of many sanguinary conflicts …
Survey of London
… and Park CHAPTER 6: WINCHESTER HOUSE AND PARK Early in the 12th century the Abbey of Bermondsey granted to the … extending from the precincts of St. Mary's Church on the east to the Manor of Paris Garden (the end of … Then nought must thou say, whatsoeuer thou thinke." Stow speaks of it as having been a prison "for such as should …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by small craft to the foot of St. Giles … Walkelin procured from William Rufus the grant of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winton, Wyncestre (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. … extended beyond the parliamentary boundary to include on the north, part of Abbot's Barton, which was added to the parish of St. Bartholomew Hyde; on the east, part of Chilcomb Without was amalgamated with …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The … land where there is no crop. And no man shall lay hand on the lands or tenements aforesaid while the king's … was seven years in arrear. The stake was fixed therein on Monday after Michaelmas 1293, and in the following year on …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the … to the actual early constitution of the borough. The light on its existence that should come from the Domesday Survey is … King Edward had from it in his time.' The result shows, on the oath made by eightysix principal burgesses ( de …