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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … upwards of seven centuries; one of them was a baron of the exchequer in the reign of Edward IV. Wolsingham (St. Matthew) …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after … Wollaton and Cossale to Richard Willoughby, and his heirs. 8 William, son of Sir Roger de Mortein, 11 E. 2. granted to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held in … manor to Sir John Walter of Sarsden, chief baron of the Exchequer. 65 Walter settled the manor on his second wife …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … of Trysull annexed, valued in the king's books at 12. 12. 8., and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The impropriate …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. By the mid 16th century what woodland remained in Wombridge and … probably coppiced; 7 in 1556 there were said to be 38 a. of wood in Wombridge, worth 10 s. an acre. 8 Among the coppices in the later 17th and 18th century were …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Records of Wombridge court baron survive from 1697, 1708, 1711, 1717, and 1747, the matters dealt with being mainly agricultural. 12 The … Whereabouts (1974), 185; T.S.A.S. 4th ser. xii. 277, 296-8, 321-2; 'Cal. Salop. Wills' (app. to T.S.A.S. 4th ser. …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., … for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … Temple, 1718, bencher 1733, serjeant-at-law 1733, baron of exchequer 1739, judge of king's bench 1740-55, knighted 23 …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies … Esq. eldest daughter of Sir John Ernle, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Charles II. and James II. 1715; and Rowland …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Woodford WOODFORD The ancient parish of Woodford lies between Salisbury and … are there. The church and vicarage are described below. 8 The old mill-house, at the southern end of the village, has …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. … claimed that, because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 and 1344, …