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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… are two flanking mounds showing the probable position of a gate or some defensive structure at that point. This inner …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and with numerous valuable and important privileges. The abbey continued to flourish unmolested till the reign of … ancient monastery, the inmates of which he removed to an abbey he had founded or enlarged at Maenan, on the … right angles by a spacious street extending from the east gate to the marketplace, and by a narrower street of greater …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by c. 1141, when the Empress Maud granted it to Eynsham abbey. 85 The Crown claimed the advowson in 1220 and presented to the church, but withdrew in 1222 when the abbey proved its title. The Crown's appointee was left in possession, but Eynsham presented thereafter. 86 The abbey appropriated the rectory in 1399 and a vicarage was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… A catalogue of woes claimed for Combe in 1451 by Eynsham abbey, citing pestilence, sterile soil, a dwindling and … and 'other misfortunes', was perhaps special pleading: the abbey was seeking a licence to consolidate the rectory and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Combe parish; Combe door, south-west of Park Farm; Combe gate, the name given to a number of gates between Combe door …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 22 In 1399 Combe RECTORY was appropriated by Eynsham abbey, which reserved to itself tithes of corn and hay, and … was divided, the vicar taking arable and meadow land, the abbey a croft known as Great Croft near the rectory house. In … consolidated and all the church's income was taken by the abbey. The consolidated rectory was granted in 1478 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from having once formed part of the possessions of Milton Abbey. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the … or vale, and its adjunct from its annexation to Shaston Abbey, lies on the road from Shaftesbury to Blandford-Forum, …
A History of the County of Essex
… the burgesses also claimed common rights in St. John's abbey's Soane wood, north-east of the town in Greenstead. By … the early 14th century a road leading through St. John's abbey land in Greenstead to Wivenhoe. The road along the bank … had also inclosed Oldgate field or Maryland outside East gate in 1364, but the burgesses continued to demand that the …
A History of the County of York
… And, when the city's rights were disputed by St. Mary's Abbey, it was claimed that pasturage north and south of York … and its pasturage. By a settlement between city and abbey in 1484 28 average was to be enjoyed over extensive … allowed to sell their 'gates' to other freemen. 40 The gate was normally one, two, or three animals for each freeman …