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A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Merriott MERRIOTT The Parish of Merriott 1 lies 2 miles north of Crewkerne and is traditionally known as Little Ireland. The distinctive dialect, dark hair, and dark complexions of … Godwin, had passed by 1086 to Harding son of Eadnoth the staller. 34 Later these two holdings were combined under the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parva Risborwe (xiv cent.); Monks Rysborough (xvi cent.). The parish of Monks Risborough lies on the north-western slope of the Chiltern Hills, and is … 10 During the regin of the latter it was held by Asgar the Staller, 11 with the condition that he could not alienate it …
A History of the County of Hertford
… large parish of about 6,638 acres in extent, divided from the county of Essex on the south and east by the River Stort, except for a … of Edward the Confessor it had been held by Asgar the Staller, and after the Conquest it was acquired by Geoffrey …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… lies 7 miles south of Cambridge, and is notable as one of the very few industrial villages in the county. The parish … were held freely before the Conquest by Sigar, steward of Ansgar the staller. 159 By 1086 Roger de Somery held the land from …
A History of the County of Hertford
… (xi cent.); Seneleia (xiii cent.); Shenle (xiv cent.). The parish of Shenley 1 is situated in the south of the county on the Middlesex border; there is a … the time of Edward the Confessor it was held by Asgar the Staller and was granted by William I to Geoffrey de …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Shepreth SHEPRETH The parish of Shepreth lies midway between Cambridge and … by Sigar, who T. R. E. had held the same lands of Ansgar the Staller. 71 In 1168 William de Mandeville, earl of Essex, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Parishes St. Helen's ST. HELEN'S Down to the 16th century the parish of St. Helen's included not only the modern … the Confessor by Eadnoth, the king's constable 119 or 'staller.' According to the Abingdon Chronicle 120 he held the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xvii cent.); Stretely, Strettley (xviii cent.). The village of Streatley lies on the right bank of the Thames where travellers along the … assessed at 25 hides. It was held of the king by Asgar the Staller, and was acquired after the Conquest by Geoffrey de …
A History of the County of Bedford
… land, 297 permanent grass, and 33 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is composed of chalk and clay, and is principally arable. There is no station in the parish, the nearest is Leagrave on the main line of the … which had formerly been in Streatley, but which Bondi the Staller had annexed to the king's manor of Luton, where it is …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land, 2,078 acres permanent grass and 14 acres woods. 1 The ground rises in the middle and north-east of the parish … which Geoffrey de Mandeville held in 1086, 58 succeeding Ansgar the staller here as elsewhere in the county. 59 Suen, a man of …