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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 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Buckinghamshire Wotton Underwood 101. WOTTON UNDERWOOD. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxvii. N.W. (b)xxvii. N.E. (c)xxvii. S.W.) Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of All Saints, about … to have been re-built early in the 14th century; the S. chapel was built by William Grenville in 1343, as recorded …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Woughton-on-the-Green 228. WOUGHTON-ON-THE-GREEN. (O.S. 6 in. xv. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of the … is a modern doorway, opening into the vestry. In the S. wall, at the E. end, is a 14th-century window of two … a window, said to have been formerly the E. window of the S. aisle; it is of the 14th century, and of three trefoiled …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Wrabness 101. WRABNESS. (F.b.) (O.S. 6 in. xx. S.E.) Wrabness is a small parish on the S. side of the Stour … the nave is of late 15th-century date and of simple hammer-beam type with moulded main timbers; the spandrels of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wraxall 98 WRAXALL (D.c.) (O.S. 6 in. XXX, N.W.) Wraxall is a small parish 6 m. E. of … (17 ft. by 11 ft.) has a modern E. window. The N. and S. walls have each a 13th-century lancet-window, modern externally; further W. in the S. wall are traces of a blocked window. The late 12th-century …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The … adjoining collieries, one of which, formerly called the King's pit of Sheriff Hill, but now the Stormount Main … annexed to that of Ashwellthorpe, and valued in the king's books at 10: the tithes have been commuted for 400, …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the … of them in 1301 "The Newemeyne" (New Household). The King's Society and The Society of Shipup (Riley Mem. xxj.). …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… Writtle 109. WRITTLE. (E.c.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. … joists with a square hatchway to the upper storey. A main beam has mortices for former curved braces. The 15th-century … Secular Homestead Moats. c(3). At site called King John's Palace, 700 yards N. of the church, is well …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. …