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A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems likely, the earliest … numerous other preferments. 94 Richard Duke (170811), poet and wit 'turned parson', was a pluralist on a more …
Alumni Oxonienses
… for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … s. Richard, of Heaton Yate, parish of Prestwich-cum-Oldham, co. Lancaster, fellow Jesus Coll., Cambridge, 1662-9, … See Foster's Index Ecclesiasticus. [Wyatt, (Sir) Thomas poet; s. Henry, of Alington Castle, knight banneret, educated …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. Its western and … native. 154 Literary figures include Coventry Patmore, the poet, who was born at Woodford in 1823, 155 and William …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Manors MANORS. The manor of WOODFORD HALL, which comprised the greater part of the parish, is first mentioned in the … in 1840, to William Morris, father of William Morris the poet and craftsman. The Morris family remained there until …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles (N. by W.) from … 256 inhabitants. Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a parish, in the union of Steyning, hundred of Tipnoak, rape of Bramber, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the … 1411. 58 An idea persisted that the house belonged to the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (d. 1380), Thomas's alleged father, 59 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part by other … High Street. 87 John Bennet, the 18th-century 'shoemaker poet' of Woodstock, 88 was evidently John Bennet (1737-1803), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wookey (St. Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from Wells; containing, with the tything of Yarley, and part of Wookey-Hole, 1187 … late John Sargent, Esq., the intimate friend of Hayley the poet, and himself author of several elegant poems. The living …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in … from north to south, with an average breadth of mile. The hamlet of Radford, at its northern end, was annexed to … 21. Ibid. liv, 191. He was father of Thomas Otway, the poet. Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.), 134. Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), …