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A History of the County of Lancaster
… in three selions lying between the land of St. James of Birkenhead and that of Amery son of the chaplain; 10 William … Lancs. and Ches.), 15. Some land in Melling was held by Birkenhead Priory, but the donor and the date of gift are … and partly of the king (by reason of the suppression of Birkenhead Priory) by the rent of 6 d. The clear value was 8. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… will is in P.C.C. Ralph Worsley obtained a grant of Birkenhead Priory. Ottwell Worsley was concerned in various … and others in 1512 claimed the wardship of Elizabeth Birkenhead; Ducatus Lanc. (Rec. Com.), i, 127. The third of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 14th century a fourth part was held by the Westleigh and Birkenhead families, 16 and descended to the Birkenheads 17 … Westleigh of Irlam, Emma his wife, and Adam de Birkhead or Birkenhead of Wigan claimed the fourth part of two messuages, … as follows: The heirs of Adam Bradshaw, 8 d.; of Robert Birkenhead, 2 d.; of William Rivington, a barbed arrow; of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… had a son Thomas who married Elizabeth, daughter of Adam Birkenhead, and seems to have settled in Cheshire. His eldest … and his parents, receiving 6 marks a year. The prior of Birkenhead was to take charge of the moneys set aside from …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… de Walton, who had made grants in alms to the priory of Birkenhead and to the hospital of St. John at Chester; Hugh … and Ches.), 23, 26; see also 116. The three acres given to Birkenhead were probably in Newsham, where at the dissolution … so that it may have been in part the former holding of Birkenhead Priory. The priory's land was sold by the crown in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… which the priest had held. 43 Norton Priory or Abbey, Birkenhead Priory, and the hospital of St. John at Chester … 4 d. from Warrington; Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), i, 686. Birkenhead had 3 d. rent; ibid. ii, 462. For a grant of the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in winter for the sustenance of their cattle. The prior of Birkenhead had 15 acres, paying 5 s. a year. It may be added …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… were the children of Hugh, son of Richard, son of Henry 'Birkenhead' of Wigan. The lastnamed Henry, who had another …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… wife of James Massey (s.p.) and Alice wife of Henry Birkenhead 5 (2) to Edward Radcliffe of Mearley, by whom she …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 6000, inhabitants. This place lies between the town of Birkenhead on the north, from which it is distant about a … from 11,027, in 1841, to 18,000 in 1846. Tranmere, like Birkenhead, is becoming of considerable importance, and is … township comprises about 1200 acres. The river Mersey from Birkenhead to Rock-Ferry, called the Sloin or Sloyne, is very …