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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Westmorland
… house forms three sides of a courtyard. The tower is said to have been built by John de Sutton in 1322 and to this date may belong the rubble-faced lower part; the … but the outer ramparts have entirely disappeared probably owing to the formation of paths. There seems, however, no …
A History of the County of Somerset
… roughly triangular in shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a feeder of the river … it to John Rogers (d. 1821). 27 Rogers had cleared the debts by 1808 and settled the manor in tail male on his elder …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Church Church The earliest reference to a church in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a daughter church … in the 14th century, 44 but no reference has been found to residual obligations such as burial dues owed to Eynsham. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… set of fields. The medieval yardland in Yarnton seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, … parish in 1279, but by the 17th century there were said to be only 44, 17 presumably because of the loss of arable … lay in two fields; in 1272 and 1304 there were said to be 160 a. of demesne arable, 19 and if there was an equal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Villeins as well as free tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, seems to have been the name given to an annual view of frankpledge …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 1377. 32 In 1801 the population was 234. It had fallen to 218 by 1811 and had risen to its peak at 274 by 1831. For most of the period 18311901 … was in decline, the sharpest fall being from 211 in 1881 to 148 in 1891. Yatesbury had only 129 inhabitants in 1901, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is pleasingly diversified. A district church dedicated to St. John was erected in 1843, at an expense of 2000, by … Anciently, Yealand-Conyers and Yealand-Redmayne appear to have formed one district. In the Testa de Neville it is … king's tenant in chief;" hence the origin of the additions to the name. The Conyers and Redmayne families were long …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (in Alvescot or Clanfield) and a piece of land belonging to the royal manor of Bampton, probably the 40 a. given before 1279 to Robert Pogeys by the lord of Yelford. 14 Walter also held … By 1651 John Hastings, living at Daylesford but allegedly owing the Berrows for costs incurred during his minority, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… c. 118090, and was, with the North Aisle, probably added to a nave of earlier date. Late in the 13th century the S. … head. In the S. wall are two two-light windows, similar to those in the N. wall, but with moulded labels; the splays … is exposed. ConditionBad; much of the timber rotting owing to defective roofs. (8). House, on E. side of by-road, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… commuted for 175. 9. 6., of which 36. 8. 6. are payable to the impropriators. Yokefleet, county York.See Yorkfleet. … record, that exists by prescription, for the recovery of debts to any amount, is held weekly before the recorder. To … is cultivated in the county; and the systems of tillage, owing to the diversity of soils and situations, are extremely …