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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… to An. Sparo, d. 1694, daughter probably of William Sparrow of Hilton. The only early register is as follows: …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… face the inscription 'Sic transit gloria mundi, Gulielmus Sparrow, gen. natus ano 1641, aetatis sue 88 quando obit, hos … formavit anno 1660.' and on its east face 'Ad hoc William Sparrow departed this life the 25th of August anno Domini … 'ab hoc' and 'per hoc.' We know little of William Sparrow, whose fame does not seem to have gone beyond his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… had a right to 40 cow and 230 sheep commons, while Robert Sparrow and Thomas Surman, who leased the glebe from Magdalen …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… on mortgage, to Thomas Paynel and his issue at a rent of a sparrow hawk. 22 This grant was confirmed to Thomas in 1311. …
A History of the County of Bedford
… 6 (q.v.), and was held of the king in chief for one red sparrow hawk. On the death of John le Scot, the last earl of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Levisham, estover, turves, aeries of falcons, merlins and sparrow-hawks and honey in his woods as well as the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… vested in trust, of the ann. produce of 8l. VALENTINE SPARROW, in 1726, gave by will, to be distributed in bread to …
Magna Britannia
… to the Earl of Ulster, who held it by the render of a sparrow-hawk. It was afterwards in the Courtenay family, some …
A History of the County of Rutland
… tenement being held of the Earl for the service of a red sparrow hawk or 2 s. 70 The chantry was founded by William …