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The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… prioress of the said nuns, and the convent thereof, Sir William Stanley, chamberlain of Chester, Sir Geoffrey Massy, Sir Hugh Calverley [and] Sir Thomas … Richard Young, William Glaseour, Richard Glaseor, John Derlynton, Thomas Garnett, Roger Nicson, Richard …
The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… in the same place, with advowry; rent 4 d. 0 s. 4 d. John son of Randolph son of Richard son of David holds a … d. Also in Olredenfeld land by estimation, of the gift of John David the elder; rent 8 d. Also two acres in the plot ( … ( judicatores) [fo. 37 (274) of the court of Weverham: Sir Hugh de Dutton, for that vill; Richard de Swetenham for …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Preston railway. The house of Feniscowles, built by Sir William Feilden, Bart., is beautifully situated in a … was built at Feniscowles in 1840, on a site given by Sir William Feilden, who also supplied the stone for its … built and endowed about thirty years since, by the late John Butler, Esq., of Pleasington Hall, at a cost of nearly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… He forbade his men of Newton to follow the hue when John FitzNigel, who was distrained to make his suit, seized … 1594 it was granted by Queen Elizabeth I for 21 years to Sir William Spencer of Yarnton. 60 He was in possession in … the hundred to Gilbert North and others, 62 but by 1648 Sir Robert Croke held it. He sold it in December 1649 with …
A Dictionary of London
… certain tenements are described as in the parish of St. John Zachary, bounded on. The north by Popes lane, on the east by Seint Fastes lane, opposite the church of St. John Zachary. It would seem therefore to be identical with" …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… 1621. ?Went to Ireland before 1610? Censorial hearings m S John B 1621 Entry Brigit Hopkins accused P, surgeon, of …
The Environs of London
… of their convent. King Henry VIII. granted it, in 1539, to Sir Edward Boughton 7; of whose descendants it was purchased, in 1685, by John Michel, Esq. of Richmond in Surrey 8; who, by his will, … by Queen's College, and partly by other land-owners 11. Sir Edward Boughton, in 1540, procured and Act of Parliament …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… partly in the parish of Eltham, is a separate incumbency. John Budgen, Esq., in 1807 granted some land whereon to build … supplying the town with fresh water, which was brought by Sir Francis Drake (who displayed in the work considerable … of Charles, Lord Howard (afterwards Earl of Nottingham), Sir Francis Drake, and Sir John Hawkins, to oppose the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… had become established in English for at least a century. John Evelyn suggested several vegetables that would benefit … for the skin of the head and for dressing the hair. John Gerard explained the origin of the term: 'There is … has astringent qualities, so they were used medicinally. John Houghton claimed that they were 'good in all kind of …
Survey of London
… wife Grace, sold the freehold of Little Gelding's Close to John Collens of St. Giles's, brewer. The latter leased the … together with his son William, sold the freehold to Sir Benjamin Maddox, who already owned other land nearby, for … Pollett or Pawlett. 3 By his will, dated February 1714/15, Sir Benjamin Maddox bequeathed the freehold of Little …