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A History of the County of Bedford
… of the manor was held by the Bruces, Earls of Elgin and Ailesbury, chief stewards of the honour of Ampthill. 16 In … years' lease of Steppingley to Robert Bruce first Earl of Ailesbury. 17 A lease was obtained in 1771 by John Duke of … until 1677, 46 when it was leased to Robert Bruce Earl of Ailesbury for ninety-nine years. 47 In 1710 the patronage of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 60 (q.v.) until 1886, and was sold by the Marquess of Ailesbury with Jervaulx Abbey to the first Lord Masham, whose …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Seymour lands to Thomas, Lord Bruce, subsequently Earl of Ailesbury, on his marriage in 1675, 576 and in 1706 were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… (d. 1697), William's sister, wife of Thomas Bruce, earl of Ailesbury. 50 Elizabeth was succeeded by her son Charles, the … v. 397. Complete Peerage, xii (1), 69 sqq. Ibid. i, s.v. Ailesbury; W.R.O., TS. cal. deeds retained by marquess of Ailesbury, comp. Edith S. Scroggs, no. 1279. Prob. 11/602 …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… was purchased from the trustees of the third Marquess of Ailesbury by the family of Newsome of Dewsbury, who are now … been bought by Mr. Newsome from the third Marquess of Ailesbury in 1886. 89 The chantry of St. John the Baptist was …
A History of the County of Somerset
… niece Elizabeth (d. 1697), wife of Thomas Bruce, earl of Ailesbury. 40 Charles Bruce, Lord Bruce, their eldest son, … Somerset. Acts of P.C. 16289, 399. Complete Peerage, s.v. Ailesbury. S.R.O., DD/SAS (C/120) 8. W. Phelps, Hist. Som. i. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… 44 Robert Bruce, second Earl of Elgin and first Earl of Ailesbury, was in possession of the manor in 1676, 45 and his grandson Charles, afterwards third Earl of Ailesbury, dealt with it in 1703. 46 Charles's second son … surname of Bruce and in 1776 was created Earl of Ailesbury. 48 His grandson George William Frederick …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… whose descendant Charles, afterwards third Earl of Ailesbury, was summoned to the House of Lords as Lord Bruce … 181 In 1846 it had come into the hands of the Marquess of Ailesbury, lord of the manor of Whorlton, 182 and from that … 19th century it had come into the hands of the Marquess of Ailesbury, 214 lord of the manor of Whorlton, and since then …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… be saved from the wreck: Bedwyn and Marlborough, under Ailesbury's influence, and Downton, under Sir Joseph Ashe's, … and Lord Bruce, soon to succeed to the earldom of Ailesbury, quickly regained the post in the bedchamber which … of most of his peers. Weymouth, Rochester, Pembroke and Ailesbury, all remained at Court during the prince's advance. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… for this added expense in getting the freeholders on the Ailesbury estates to the poll. 'The Burbage people would not … in the second half of the 17th century. The 2nd Earl of Ailesbury's first wife was Elizabeth Seymour, sister of the … was a political as well as a personal one. The 3rd Earl of Ailesbury died in 1747, leaving his property to Thomas …