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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The … the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a shadow of its … the chapel has long since disappeared. The bishop's, or Barton manor appears to have been seized during the Civil …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Nene. It appears to have emerged from Wisbech (St. Peter) in 1109 when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of … of Ely property including the bishop's manor of Wisbech Barton; in that year Thomas Megges died seised of it, his son … It was then held of the bishop as of his manor of Wisbech Barton. 29 Thomas and his son of the same name were dealing …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Castle CASTLE The castle, not mentioned in Domesday Book, is traditionally said to have been first … ultimately took its name, must have been on the site of Barton Farm on the opposite side of the river. The earliest … the courts, and in some cases at least the stewardship of Barton manor. 34 In the latter half of the 14th century the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… above, seems to have been the outbreak of plague. In December 1584 a balance of 11 s. 6 d. was allowed to John … it broke out in the town itself. A pesthouse was set up at Barton, and, though many cases were not fatal, 47 William … Robert Skortred, a plague victim, as representative of Barton ward. The total number of burials during the year was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fees FEES In 1221 the tenants by military service were as follows: … and his successor (West) in 152930 leased the site of Barton manor and the demesnes to Thomas Megges for … Joseph Medworth and the estate finally broken up. 24 The Barton manor and its perquisites were sometimes leased …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area … into ten wards (Timber Market, Church, Castle, South, Barton, White Cross, Old Market, Ship Lane, New Market, Mill), of which Barton, White Cross, and Old Market were on the left bank of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, and rated at 10 hides, … vill was divided. The manor later known as that of WISBECH BARTON went towards the endowment of the bishopric, while … 56 was retained by the convent. 57 The manor of Wisbech Barton remained uninterruptedly in the hands of the bishops, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, … 502 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 8. 11. 0.; net. income, 100; patrons … Upper division of the hundred of Dudstone and King's-Barton, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 3 miles (N. …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of … to Roger his brother in fee the advowson of the church of Barton co. Westmorland; Cal. Pat. R. 1374 p. 422. 1178 Orm … William de Lyndeseye died in 1282 seised of the manors of Barton and Witherslak which Roger de Lancastre held of him by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the … the period some 3540 per cent of recorded trades in the borough were associated with the cloth industry, with … workshops, and an inn in Witney, and a farm at Westcott Barton. 187 Several leather-workers nevertheless had …