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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … a venerable mansion erected by Sir William Pope, first Earl of Downe, in 1618, which still retains the name of … altar-tomb, with the recumbent effigies of the first Earl of Downe, and Lady Anne his wife, richly habited in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… broad recorded in Domesday. 64 Referred to as the king's wood c. 1130, it was claimed in 1235 to be well stocked … for ironstone and £33 for coal. 89 In the years 1748-54 Earl Gower invested an average of £1,714 a year in mines in … raised in 1764-5. 91 The Gower interest increased, the 2nd Earl Gower buying land in 1771. By 1780 ironstone production …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of Wrockwardine manor 60 but the lord of the manor's mineral rights in the township were gradually separated … 1673. In 1813 and 1822 respectively Lord Berwick and the earl of Shrewsbury retained the mining rights when they sold … his mines in Wrockwardine Wood to Viscount Granville (cr. Earl Granville 1833); he evidently still owned them in 1839 …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… average 180. 51 In 1863 the Wesleyans moved to St. George's and the Nabb chapel closed. 52 In 1824 St. John's Wesleyan chapel, Trench Road, opened. Society membership … Education Act. Reprimanded by the circuit, Stones resigned office and later defied the circuit by accepting the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… abbey claimed the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred … Crown. In 1862 the lord chancellor exchanged it with the earl of Powis for the patronage of Holy Cross, Shrewsbury. 69 … About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… school in 1852. 68 The following year a new St. Peter's Girls' School (with 100 places in schoolroom and classroom) and a new teacher's house were built opposite the church at Miss Cludde's expense. She, from 1854 as Mrs. R. C. Herbert (d. 1906), …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was manorial steward 1817-39. 32 The office of crier was abolished in the mid 19th century. 33 A … of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of WROCKWARDINE in 1066. Roger of Montgomery, created earl of Shrewsbury by 1074, was tenant in chief by 1086, and … The manor was presumably forfeited after the rebellion of Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Methodists also maintained connexions with St. Christopher's Hall. 57 T.S.A.S. 2nd ser. i. 83; L.J.R.O., B/A/12(i), f. 94. L.J.R.O., … in Wesleyan Meth. Chapels, 1901 (Wesleyan Conference Office, 1902), 49; Meth. Church Bldgs.: Statistical Returns …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S.) from Bradford; containing 2330 inhabitants. It is about … curacy; net income, 115; patron and impropriator, the Earl of Craven. The church has a tower, and is very ancient, … returned at 72. 5. 4., and granted by Henry VIII. to the Earl of Surrey. There are still some slight remains of the …