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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… he had seized on, as the survey sets forth. In Turchetil's time this lordship consisted of one carucate of land, 8 … of Hubert de Burgh, the King's lord-chamberlain, and after Earl of Kent, and in the 17th, Hubert held it in right of his … 20 knights fees, viz. 2 knights fees held of the Earl-Marshal, 8 knights fees and a quarter of the Earl Warren, and …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Half West-Derham WEST-DERHAM. We learn from the Conqueror's book of Domesday, that there were at that time several … John Dethick, Esq. at 4 l. 15 s. 3 d. per annum of Thomas Earl of Rutland, who had a lease of it from the court of … (the founder,) Geff. Fitz-Peter Earl of Essex, William Marshal Earl of Pembroke, Hamel Earl of Warren, &c. In the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… was wrote Westbruge. Turchetill was lord in the Confessor's time, but the Conqueror gave it to Hermerus de Ferrers. … half an acre of wood, with one mill, &c. In the Confessor's time, there were 2 beasts of burden, at the survey, one; … Holy Cross and St. Mary of Wirmegay, on the gift of Thomas Earl of Dorchester, on condition they supply the cure by one …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… from its site, a dwelling by the water. 1 Abbot of Ramsey's Manor. King Edgar gave this manor, with one in Downham, … daughter and heir, married to Sir Robert Rich, (afterwards Earl of Warwick,) from whom it came by purchase to Sir Ralph … Bart. being the late lord. Ingaldesthorp's Manor. William Earl Warren had on the conquest, one carucate and an half of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… 2 cows, &c. 90 sheep, at the survey, 260, valued at 100 s. It was half a leuca long, and the same in breadth, (and … lords of the town. Cavenham Manor. Jeffrey Fitz-Piers Earl of Essex held it in the reign of King John, of the Earl of Clare, and on his founding the priory of Shouldham, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and hundred of Tendring, N. division of Essex, 14 miles (S. E. by E.) from Colchester; containing 1296 inhabitants. … king's books at 10. 6. 10.; net income, 152; patron, the Earl of Lovelace. The church is a small edifice, with a low … of the county magistrates, who hold a petty-session at the office of their clerk, every Saturday. The acting coroner for …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… is built upon the estate of Sinclair, the property of the Earl of Rosslyn, extending in one continued line for about a … of Cathcart, Upper ward of the county of Renfrew, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Cathcart; containing 180 inhabitants. It lies … cubic feet are raised annually. At Blair-Adam, is a post-office, a branch of that of Kinross; and facility of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Open Fields and Commons Until inclosure in 1839 Clanfield's open fields lay west and east of the village, covering over … rotation; 3 Tarney ('thorn-bush island') in West field's southern part was mentioned as a separate field about 1235, … grassy inclosure in West field. 14 Lots in Clanfield's common meadows were mentioned in the 13th century and still …
A History of the County of Oxford
… some of it formerly extra-parochial, increased Clanfield's area first to 1,713 a., and later to 1,798 a. (728 ha.), … minster: after following the Thames westwards to 'Garford's brook', presumably the stream forming Clanfield's later … carrier passed through Clanfield once a week. 33 A post office was noted from 1864, run for a time from a cottage …
A History of the County of Oxford
… GOVERNMENT Manor Courts and Officers Before 1248 Richard, earl of Cornwall, as overlord of Clanfield manor, withdrew … the early 19th century, when it met annually at the Mason's Arms inn. In the Middle Ages it regulated assizes of bread … tithingmen representing Chestlion, Southwick, and 'Abbot's fee' tenants made annual payments at the court totalling 10 …