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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… In 1190, Richard I. granted to the tenants of Wisbech Barton Manor exemption from toll in all towns or markets …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… held it of the Bishop of Ely as of his manor of Wisbech Barton. He also held land called Vernons Fen, a messuage, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was sold by auction 68 and S. C. Crosse went to live at Barton Lodge, Wisbech, and subsequently in London. Henry … Elizabeth married, at Leverington, William Steward of Barton Mills (Suff.). The children of Thomas Crosse were all …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the chapel has long since disappeared. The bishop's, or Barton manor appears to have been seized during the Civil …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Ely property including the bishop's manor of Wisbech Barton; in that year Thomas Megges died seised of it, his son … It was then held of the bishop as of his manor of Wisbech Barton. 29 Thomas and his son of the same name were dealing …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ultimately took its name, must have been on the site of Barton Farm on the opposite side of the river. The earliest … the courts, and in some cases at least the stewardship of Barton manor. 34 In the latter half of the 14th century the … castle bailiff exists side by side with those of Wisbech Barton manor. The division of duties between the two …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… it broke out in the town itself. A pesthouse was set up at Barton, and, though many cases were not fatal, 47 William … Robert Skortred, a plague victim, as representative of Barton ward. The total number of burials during the year was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and his successor (West) in 152930 leased the site of Barton manor and the demesnes to Thomas Megges for … Joseph Medworth and the estate finally broken up. 24 The Barton manor and its perquisites were sometimes leased …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… into ten wards (Timber Market, Church, Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, New Market, Mill), of which Barton, White Cross, and Old Market were on the left bank of … is not very far from the large moat at the north end of Barton Field, which is the probable site of the Barton manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… vill was divided. The manor later known as that of WISBECH BARTON went towards the endowment of the bishopric, while … 56 was retained by the convent. 57 The manor of Wisbech Barton remained uninterruptedly in the hands of the bishops, … the castle, and the day's labour for repairing the park of Barton. The customaries in 1251 had also to provide guards …