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A History of the County of Stafford
… what was called the corn field. 42 In the earlier 1630s Sir John Harpur's tenants in the township held 206 a. (of … between 4 and 6 p.m., it was well attended. 56 In 1836 Sir George Crewe noted that the market house needed to be … The market house was eventually rebuilt in 1873 by Sir John Harpur Crewe. 57 The market was small in the early …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the north-west part of Alstonefield parish. 95 When Sir George Crewe first visited Quarnford in 1819 or 1820, it … marks principally of Poverty, Sloth, and Ignorance'. 96 Sir George was probably responsible for improving c. 1840 the … in 1326, and in 1327 the Crown assigned Quarnford to Sir Roger Swynnerton, along with Despenser's share of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… ran some distance west of Warslow village. In the 1820s Sir George Crewe began to lay out a new line to run along the … 87 Warslow Hall, north of Warslow village, was built by Sir George Crewe in 1830 principally for the agent of his … for the agent at the rear. After Manclark's death in 1850 Sir John Harpur Crewe used the house as a shooting lodge, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… de Pierpoint and Robert de Alvanley, who sold it to Sir Philip de Orreby; and it came by marriage, in the reign of Henry III., to the Arden family. When Sir Richard Pepper Arden, master of the rolls, was created a … more modern; in the interior is a monument dated 1315, of Sir Thomas Blanchfont, represented as a cross-legged knight. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in bread, was combined in 1795 with lifetime gifts of Walter Kirby (10) and Margaret Kirby (4 3 s. 9 d.), the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hawise, wife of John de Ferrers. Before 1316 she married Sir John de Bures of Boddington (Glos.), and in 1330 they … until the Dissolution. 21 In 1540 Alvescot was granted to Sir Anthony Hungerford (d. 1559) of Down Ampney (Glos.), and … for his children Thomas Arthur, Charles Burnaby, Revd Walter (rector of Alvescot 18781917), and Eleanor, with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… resigned the benefice at the Restoration. 61 His successor Walter Powell, who had served the church from c. 1652 or … worked 'constantly' among the poor. 69 Arthur Neate's son Walter (rector 18781916) also resided, and in the 1880s … vault on the chancel's north side, perhaps that in which Sir William Ashcombe was buried in 1627 88 and which had …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and Ralph Browne of the Inner Temple, 46 agents for Sir Ambrose Cave, to whom they sold it for 1,007 a few weeks … On Greville's death in 1589 his estates passed to his son Sir Edward Greville, 49 who is afterwards referred to as … for three crops and then laid down with grass seed'. Cf. Walter Blith, The English Improver Improved (1652), p. 181;'. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for long woodland and commonable waste. About 1145, when Walter of Hereford granted to Llanthony priory all his land … The rest of the manor was granted by the Crown in 1547 to Sir William Herbert, 85 who conveyed it in 1550 to Walter … E. A. Noel sold it to WalterBentley Marling, 3 brother of Sir William Marling, owner of the adjoining Sedbury Park …
Analytical index to the series of records known as the Remembrancia
… Ambassadors. I. 33. Letter from the Lord Mayor to Sir Francis Walsingham, 1 stating that upon receiving the … proceed with the election. Sans date. I. 34. Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham to the Lord Mayor, signifying the … behalf of her servant. 8th June, 1580. I. 546. Letter from Sir Francis Walsingham to the Lord Mayor, informing him of …