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A History of the County of Somerset
… AND OTHER ESTATES. Merlsuain held WEMBDON in 1066; Walter of Douai held it in 1086. 12 The overlordship seems to have … Ibid. tithe award. P.R.O., HO 107/1925. S.R.S. xxxvi. 78. Pole MS. 2692. S.R.S. iii. 243. Ibid. lvii, pp. 312. Cal. Close, 13469, 568. S.R.S. xlviii, no. 200. Pole MS. 4034. Feud. Aids, vi. 513. S.R.S. xxii. 127. Cal. …
A History of the County of Essex
… in Bergholt assessed at 1 hide and 25 a.; in 1086 Roger of Poitou, lord of the honor of Lancaster, held it in demesne … passed to his widow Maud. 96 Maud married Edmund de la Pole, brother of Michael de la Pole, earl of Suffolk, but after her death in 1393 the manor …
A History of the County of Stafford
… is crossed by the ancient highway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton. By the beginning of the 16th century it was part of the route from London to Shrewsbury and ran from the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… During the Middle Ages the farming pattern was a mixture of open-field husbandry and farming in severalty. Three cases brought against the lords of the manor in 1293 suggest that by that date the demesne … part of the mill-pool c. 1835, and the Birmingham, Wolverhampton & Stour Valley Railway, opened in 1852, was …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Dartmouths, the Clarkes, and others paid for the education of many poor children. 77 In 1819 the minister of All Saints' stated that there were enough schools for most … For this para. see L. F. Selwyn, Chronicles of Sandwell (Wolverhampton, 1875; copy in B.R.L.); Lich. Dioc. Ch. Cal. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Bromwich Manors MANORS. In 1086 William fitz Ansculf, lord of Dudley, held three hides in BROMWICH; before the Conquest … with the Dudley barony until the death without issue of John, Lord Somery, in 1322. 31 The barony was divided … Warws. v. 168. L. F. Selwyn, Chronicles of Sandwell (Wolverhampton, 1875), 15 (copy in B.R.L.); below p. 83. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Social life SOCIAL LIFE. A wake of unknown origin was originally held on All Saints' Day (1 … in a field in Lodge Road and on open ground at the corner of High Street and Paradise Street. 94 In 1875, inspired by … in 1870, 32 and a library designed by Weller & Proud of Wolverhampton formed part of the group of public buildings …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich The growth of the town THE GROWTH OF THE TOWN. The chief settlement in the parish until the … to what became the High Street stretch of the Birmingham-Wolverhampton road. There was no immediate rush to take up …
A History of the County of Essex
… and estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1066 the manor of Ham, which comprised 8 hides and 30 a. and lay wholly or … successor, William de Montfitchet, founded the abbey of Stratford Langthorne, granting to it all his lordship of … 69 In 1512 it was granted to Warwick's sister, Margaret Pole, later Countess of Salisbury, 70 but on her attainder in …
A History of the County of Essex
… Ham Stratford Abbey STRATFORD ABBEY PRECINCTS. 1 The abbey of Stratford Langthorne lay between the Channelsea river and … by factories, railways, and a sewage pumping station. None of its buildings remain in situ. The abbey precincts appear … mother of John de Vere (d. 1526), earl of Oxford. Margaret Pole, countess of Salisbury, was executed in 1541. See p. 90. …