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A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … on this occasion have already been printed. 79 The armour of the knights was very magnificent, the bridles of … Howse strangers should be armed with his Majestie's owne armour, and be nearest abowte his Highnes persone.' 221 As a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … of the pulpit is a monument with a recumbent figure in armour, to the memory of Sir Robert Hildyard. The celebrated …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING … the monument in 1590, two alabaster figures, man in plate armour, remains of crest at feet, a fox between two wings, … down; on base, in front, kneeling figures of one son in armour, three daughters, three infants in cradles, three …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… (whose fee it became afterwards) 1 had in demesne two car. and fifteen sochm. on four bov. of land, and seven vill. five bord. having seven car. There was a … having the grant from Edward the sixth. He is figured in armour. The other is a handsome marble one for D'Arcy …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… were three ploughs on the demesne of Winstone in 1086 and eight servi were employed. 81 The amount under plough at … to one plough-land with 20 a. of wood, 5 a. of meadow, and 2 a. of pasture, 84 and remained as such throughout the … G.D.R., V5/344T 1. E 179/113/35A rot. 5A. Smith, Men and Armour, 297. Glos. Par. Reg. xvi. 132. Bigland, Glos. iii, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Street the parish is confined by that road on the east and by the river Frome on the west; the northern boundary is … in part by a stream which meets the Frome at Washbrook, and the southern follows field boundaries. The parish in 1971 … XLII. NE. (1884 edn.); cf. G.D.R., T1/199. Smith, Men and Armour, 297; Glos. R.O., D 1042, Winstone ct. bk., ct. 1761. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Winstone Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the manor of WINSTONE was held by … 52. C.P. 25(2)/262/44 Eliz. Trin. no. 5. Smith, Men and Armour, 297. C.P. 25(2)/299/20 Jas. I East. no. 45. See p. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… across the Winterborne valley at altitudes between 250 ft. and 600 ft. above sea-level; it formerly included some 60 … the river appear to represent three separate villages and manors. Philipston, in the N., lay around the present … house have carved stone Finials with trophies of arms and armour; on the reverse are shields-of-arms of Morton and of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 … The parish comprises 9483 a. 1 r. 5 p., of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are … a beautiful monument to Sir Richard Grobham dressed in armour. Sir R. Grobham in 1628 founded an almshouse for four …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Outwell and Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. … 1511, now on the wall of the north aisle; he is in armour of the period. In the same aisle is a mid-15th-century …