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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… of the Ides of May in the third year of king Henry the first, he founded a monastery for canons of the order of St. … the canons of St. Cuthbert of Wirkesop in perpetual alms. First the whole chapelry of his whole house with the tythes … and heir of William de Lovetot was by king Richard the first, married to Gerard de Furnivall, who came out of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… the 31st of October, thirteenth of Edward IV., says, "first, I will after my dissece that Osberne Jernegan, my … ever was any. 9 By an Act of Parliament, passed thirty-first George III., 1791, entitled 'An Act for effectuating … search was made, and a bullet found. While exercising the office of Vice-Chancellor, he raised by contributions 10,000, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… window, with mortices for diamond-shaped mullions. On the first floor one room has early 17th-century panelling with a … with a crowned double rose and the initials E.R. On the first floor is an original doorway with a three-centred head. … a second window is now all modern except the label. On the first floor is a third window of two lights and now blocked. …
A History of the County of Essex
… new ones added, in memory of Wormingford men killed in the First World War. 92 The church plate included an Elizabethan …
A History of the County of Essex
… oats were cultivated in two 26-a. fields: Blakemandown, first recorded in 1322, which survived in 1838 as two fields … mostly arable with a little pasture in 1906. After the First World War arable farming became even less profitable: …
A History of the County of Essex
… stories of dragons, 'worm' meaning serpent or dragon. The first, apparently unsubstantiated, is that a crocodile … In 1843 letters were received through the Colchester post office, and by 1880 there was a post office on the Bures … all periods from the neolithic suggest that settlement was first on the flood plain along- side the Stour, before …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… to Francis Price, vicar of the parish, 1701, and Jane, his first wife, 1662. Piscin: in S. wall of chancel, with … have old iron casements. ConditionPoor. b(4). The Post Office, on the W. side of the road, about 300 yards N. of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of Wokeing, W. division of … one of the earliest undertakings of the duke, and the first great canal constructed in England in modern times, … at the crown. Mr. Benjamin Jesty, said to have been the first person who tried with success the practice of …
A History of the County of York
… St. Paul and the other to the Martyrs and the Cross. The first was ornamented with gold and jewels and surmounted by … the Fourth Lateran Council, York seems to have been the first English cathedral to annex the title and function of … canon and that the gospel or epistle should be read at the office only by the canons because the dignity of the church …