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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Duke of Bedford. The church, erected by Robert Hobbs, last abbot of Woburn, presents a singularly beautiful appearance, … red and fallow deer: the oak-tree on which Hobbs, the last abbot of Woburn, was hanged pursuant to the mandate of Henry …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in 1536 and its demesnes were leased next year to William Abbot for 21 years. In 1539 James Leveson bought the reversion and fee of Abbot's leasehold lands from the Crown. 89 Leveson bought … the tithes, termed rectorial, were included in William Abbot's 21-year lease of the priory, the Crown's reserved …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Richard Benedictine, B.Can.L. supd. 12 June, 1510; abbot of Athelney 1517. See Fasti, i. 29. Wray, Christopher … Marriage Licences, ed. Foster. Wyche, John Benedictine, abbot of Tewksbury; B.D. supd. 3 Feb., 1510-11; perhaps …
The Environs of London
… manor of Ray-house 13 was parcel of the possessions of the abbot and convent of Stratford-Langthorne, and was granted, … by the name of Reverend Father Archangel of Hastiville, Abbot and Baron of the vale of Holy Cross; Prior of Beaulieu, …
A History of the County of Essex
… the forest, including 32 a. at Woodford, 4 and in 1200 the abbot accounted for 4 a. of pasture at Woodford which had … wood. 45 In 1225 an agreement was made between the abbot of Waltham and the king about the great wood attached … about intercommoning, such as that of 1240 between the abbot of Waltham and William le Breton, lord of Chigwell. 56 …
A History of the County of Essex
… government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for … at least, held a view of frankpledge there. 2 In 1465 the abbot rebutted the demand of the abbess of Barking that the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 100 s. a year, which about 1258 were appropriated by the abbot, claiming the convent's foundation charter as his … 18 In 1541, after the Dissolution, Robert Fuller, the last abbot of Waltham, obtained a grant for life of the manor of … but part of it was always in Woodford. In 1253 the abbot of Stratford was granted free warren on his demesnes at …