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A History of the County of Shropshire
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 975 the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the … Earl Roger's son Robert of Bellême in 1102 78 and remained with the Crown until 1231. In 1172 Henry II granted half the manor's annual value to the brothers Roger and Jonas of Powys, the full value, …
Survey of London
… IRON GATE, TRAFALGAR SQUARE. This gate, which is of good 18th-century wrought-iron work, was placed here by … Polytechnic. The gate, which now serves as an entrance to the grounds of the Chelsea Lawn Tennis Club, in the centre of the Square, may have come from Cheyne Walk, whence a good deal of original …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; … abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. Carvick, … were likewise munificent contributors; and the Church Commissioners, the Incorporated Society for Building …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… S.E. (b)lviii. N.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew, stands at the W. end of the village. The walls have been re-faced externally with modern ragstone; the old dressings are of clunch, much … 15th century the N. aisle was lengthened towards the E. to form a North Chapel; in 1862 the South Aisle was re-built, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… XVIII S.E.) Wyton is a parish and village on the left bank of the Ouse, 2 m. E. of Huntingdon. The church is the … are of Barnack stone and clunch. The roofs are covered with tiles and lead. There are no surviving details of the … a N. aisle were built, the nave being probably extended to the W. at the same time, as is indicated by the easterly …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… X Charter granting rights of trade in Argyll and Lennox (1242-3) X. Charter by King Alexander II. granting to the Bishop of Glasgow and his successors that the bishops … whole land, greeting. Be it known to those present and to come that we have granted, and by this our charter confirmed, …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XC Draft of Act of Parliament, granting liberty of election of magistrates … superscribed by King James VI., for granting free liberty to the City of Glasgow to elect its Magistrates. 7 July 1606. … subsidyes and vther burdeynis ansuerable in proportioun with many of the best townes of the realme (sum very few …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCI. Act of Parliament entitled 'Act anent the restitution of the Estate … of ane speciall commissioun grantit be our Souerane Lord to that effect, vnder the great seall, of the date at … of thair predecessouris to assist and supplie thair Prince with thair counsaill and gudis in tyme of peax and ware, the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCII Charter of James VI making Glasgow a Royal Burgh (1611) XCII. Charter … bygone; together with all decreets, acts of Council and parliament obtained and granted in their favour: and this … burgh, or that may rightly belong in any way in time to come; freely, quietly, fully, wholly, honourably, well, and …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCIII Act of Parliament ratifying charter no.XCII XCIII. Act of Parliament in favour of the Town of Glasgow, ratifying the immediately preceding … yeir of God ane thousand sex hundreth and ellevin yeiris, to the Towne of Glasgow, in all the saidis claussis, …