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A Survey of Documentary Sources for Property Holding in London before the Great Fire
… of the 17C the university successively acquired tenements in 30 (towards the maintenance of the library: see W. D. … Bodleian Library (2nd. ed., 1890), 15n., 37); an annuity in 54 (towards the teaching of divinity); and tenements in 81 … where a copy of a manuscript list is available. See T. H. Aston and D. G. Vaisey, 'University Archives' in P. Morgan, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… South Mimms Manors MANORS. In 1086 South Mimms was held by Geoffrey de Mandeville as a berewick of the manor of Edmonton, and in the time of King Edward it had belonged to Ansgar the … South Mimms manor. In 1603 he sold Wyllyotts to Sir Roger Aston, 42 who in 1605 conveyed it to Robert Honeywood of …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… founded the abbey of Walden (Essex) c. 1140, he included in its endowment the church of and lands in South Mimms. 61 South Mimms, however, had probably been … of Wyllyotts, in 1596 6 and acquired in turn by Sir Roger Aston and Robert Honeywood. 7 From Honeywood it passed to the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… of Melton Ross, co. Lincoln, 1647, rector of Authorpe in the isle of Axholme, until ejected 1662, pastor of a … Gray's Inn, 1613, as son and heir of Henry, of Steeple Aston, Oxon, gent.; perhaps father of the next. See Foster's … 18, B.A. 1679, M.A. 1682. Stanier, Francis s. Ric., of Aston, Salop, gent. Christ Church, matric. 15 May, 1701, aged …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the wapentake of Elloe, parts of Holland, county of … to have derived its name from a spa or chalybeate spring in the market-place, is of great antiquity, as appears from … SPARK-BROOK, a hamlet, in the parish and union of Aston, hundred of Hemlingford, N. division of the county of …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… by the numerous festivals spiritual and temporal which in this country are solemnized all alike. In the meanwhile I have been visited by the representatives … arose the scuffle alluded to by Wicquefort. Sir Walter Aston, ambassador in ordinary. The Earl of Bristol, …
Survey of London
… derives its name from the Spring Garden, formed, probably, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth in the north-east corner of St. James's Park as an addition … completed in 1891, and a further block, designed by Sir Aston Webb, R.A., which included the Admiralty Arch, was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… SPURM-HEAD.See Kilnsea. Spurshot SPURSHOT, a tything, in the parish of RomseyExtra, union of Romsey, hundred of … containing 31 inhabitants. Spurstow SPURSTOW, a township, in the parish of Bunbury, union of Nantwich, First division … which the most conspicuous are those of the family of Aston, of Tixall. The church in 1844 underwent a thorough …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE History St. John's College was founded in 1557 by Sir Thomas White, a leading member of the Merchant … who had been Lord Mayor for the year ending Nov. 1554. In the summer of 1554, when he bought the manor of Fyfield, … advowsons of Tackley (for 750), Leckford (for 590), and Aston le Walls (for 1,169). The trustees explain that at the …
Survey of London
… Gate and St John's Lane 173. St John's Gate, south front in 2007 Prior Docwra's Great Gate, completed in 1504, was the main entrance to the walled inner precinct … selected to take part in a limited competition, with Sir Aston Webb (a member of the Order) advising and Sir Reginald …