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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Wormsley 80 WORMSLEY (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXV, S.E., (b)XXVI, S.W.) Wormsley is a small parish 7 m. N.W. of … by a member of the Talbot family, probably in the reign of King John. The site, to the E. of Wormsley Grange, is marked …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… passes through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … in the king's books at 15. 10. 2., and in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester: the tithes have been commuted for 485. …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … first English cathedral to annex the title and function of bishop's penitentiary to the sub-dean who then began to … prominent position. In 1473 he had erected a statue of the king somewhere in the cathedral; it was probably soon …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … London tea merchant, 8 William France, upholsterer to the king, who built the first houses in Trafalgar Place, 9 and … Edward Ogle, a London business man, 10 known locally as 'King Ogle', who owned the Warwick House estate and other …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Montague streets north-south. 48 Bedford Row and Copping's Row, later Marine Place, south of Warwick Street, were … Place was built between 1802 and 1805. 57 Further west King's Row and Prospect Place were recorded in 1807, 58 Prospect …
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 … king's books at 14. 6. 5.; net income, 198; patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church is in the early English …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the hundred courtnamely, Isabel de Paunton in Glaston, the Bishop of Lincoln in Liddington, Stoke Dry, Snelleston and …
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 … living is a perpetual curacy; net income, 100; patron, the Bishop of Winchester. Wreigh-Hill WREIGH-HILL, a township, in …
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.). …