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A History of the County of Bedford
… nature,' Sir Francis says: 'When the king was last at Ampthill he gave Sir John Sant Johne the abbey of Bushmead in …
A History of the County of Bedford
… d. 25 The king attached it to his newly-created honour of Ampthill. 26 Though the manorial rights remained in the hands …
A History of the County of Bedford
… s., 21 fell to the Crown and was annexed to the honour of Ampthill, 22 and in 1550 was granted to the Princess …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Warwick, and was rewarded by Edward IV with the manor of Ampthill. In 1463 he was made Lord High Treasurer of England …
A History of the County of Bedford
… to John Cornwall Lord Fanhope, 35 who afterwards obtained Ampthill Manor and died seised of both in 1443. From this date until its annexation to the honour of Ampthill in 1542 Flitwick follows the same descent as the manor of Ampthill (q.v.). 36 In 1617 Sir Francis Bacon, kt., and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 333 dyer, 334 and, in the 16th century, silkman. 335 Ampthill clay and sand at Gamlingay lay mostly under the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… was retained by the Crown and annexed to the honour of Ampthill. As Crown property it was surveyed by the …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… part of the parish is arable land; the subsoil consists of Ampthill Clay and Lower Greensand. Various streams crossing …
A History of the County of Bedford
… part of an avenue of lime trees stretching away towards Ampthill. From the north a magnificent view over the vale of … Ailesbury, 10 and hereditary seneschals of the honour of Ampthill, made Houghton House their chief residence. Here … the next hundred years is the same as that of the manor of Ampthill (q.v.). Henry VIII granted the manor to Sir William …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and who in 1542 annexed it to the newly-formed honour of Ampthill. 61 In 1570 the lands formerly held by the Greys …