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A History of the County of Essex
… manors in Mount Bures and West Bergholt. 98 Robert Gernon's fief had escheated to the Crown, and Henry I granted it to … Mountfichet. In 1267 on the death without issue of William's descendant Richard de Munfichet, the overlordship passed to … it passed to her son Thomas Alston. 27 William Hale of King's Walden (Herts.) acquired it before 1685, 28 and c. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. WORMINGHALL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxi. N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). … carved with arms of the see of London impaling those of King, 17th-century. ConditionGood. Secular b(2). Court Farm, … were built in 1675 for six men and four women by John King, son of Henry King, Bishop of Chichester, and grandson …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 m. N.W. of … by a member of the Talbot family, probably in the reign of King John. The site, to the E. of Wormsley Grange, is marked …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wide within the walls, and was divided into five separate apartments, with a passage on the western side extending …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … prominent position. In 1473 he had erected a statue of the king somewhere in the cathedral; it was probably soon … six altars had already been erected in the minster for the king's chaplains; but the will of William Poteman, canon …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Worth Matravers 53 WORTH MATRAVERS (9777) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 97 NE, bSY 98 SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. It stretches N.N.E. from the steep cliffs of St. Aldhelm's Head across an almost flat limestone tableland formed by …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … London tea merchant, 8 William France, upholsterer to the king, who built the first houses in Trafalgar Place, 9 and … Edward Ogle, a London business man, 10 known locally as 'King Ogle', who owned the Warwick House estate and other …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … Place was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and the other, called Mordinges, had been held of the king in 1066 by Lewin. 48 The manor afterwards formed part of … later held the manor until the Dissolution. 54 In 1536 the king granted it to Sir William Fitzwilliam, treasurer of his … Anthony (d. 1629), and then successively to Anthony's son (d. 1682) and grandson (d. 1708), both named Francis, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … and Highgate. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 12. 18. 9., and in the patronage of William … a garrison was maintained here in the interest of the king. The town is situated on a gentle eminence, and consists …