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Survey of London Monograph
… title has not been met (outside Lant) from 1380 to 1418 or 1419 when Windsor was sent to the Duke of Brittany … whether 'alias Lancaster' means he was Lancaster herald or is a case of a son using his father's title as surname … Azure, a cross formy throughout per bend sinister ermine & or charged in the centre with a 4 pointed molet …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… may account for the complete lack of any sign of houses or house platforms. (R.A.F. V.A.P. CPE/UK 1934: 3093.) a(21) …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… district. The 2-mile road called Parson Drove or Parson Drove Gate, along which the nucleus of the village … of oranges. All around were the skeleton drying-sheds six or seven stories high, rudely made of poles and hurdles, and … it seems to have been hoped that some kind of hermitage 16 or cell would be established. At all events a chapel was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as 'Welle' or 'Welles', and today they are absolutely continuous, so … (via Emneth) a built-up area almost continuous for the 7 or 8 miles of its course. Except for the two churches, Beaupr … 11 Outwell was probably the birthplace of Robert Wells or Steward (d. 1557), the last Prior and first Dean of Ely. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 'staith', meaning such parts of the banks of a watercourse or sea beach as were used for a regular landing-place for men or goods. Staithes were quite common in East Anglia, e.g. the … Here, at Tydd, was the outlet to the sea of the old Nene or Sluice Drain or Elloe River-the last of which alternatives …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Wisbech was reserved to the latter. This half was more or less co-extensive with the present parish of Wisbech St. … manor remained continuously with the prior and convent or their successors the dean and chapter, but documentary … 12 s. 6 s., 8 a figure so much higher than any previous or subsequent one as to suggest that it included all the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of 20 marks yearly and robes for himself and his deputy, or 40 s. in lieu, 40,000 turves, 12 cartloads of hay, and …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Henry de Midhop, was living in 1290. The Chartulary or Coucher Book of Furness Abbey records his arms as: Ermine, a lion rampant azure, crowned or. It may be suggested that, the arms of Pickering being the … manor with Foulshaw descended through a family named Ros or Ross, but it is obscure how it came to Sir Thomas …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… antiquities being found occasionally. Wittenham, Long, or Earls (All Saints) WITTENHAM, LONG, or EARLS ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of … a commodious suite of apartments for the master. Witton, or Wytton (All Saints) WITTON, or Wytton ( All Saints), a …