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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Henry Townshend Thomas Woosall, a prisoner in the castle of Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/139/34 (1681) To the … The humble petition of Thomas Woosall a prisoner in the castle of Worcester Sheweth That your petitioner about halfe … a taylor 3 children of one Nicholas 5 of one Jackson's and one of a certeyne woman called Black Besse, all lately …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Fox overseers of the poor John Brooks, gardener at the castle gardens at Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/245/39 (1718) To … The humble peticion of John Brooks gardener at the castle gardens at Wor cester Most humbly sheweth to your … being forset to remove his walfruit trees and other tree's wholy destroyd; together with a pleck of artichoks, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… H: 3, granted to Thomas de Furnivall, to build a certain castle at his manor of Sheffeild in the county of York. 27 … therefore take a cursorary review, after Leland and Tanner's account. " Werkensop a pretty market town of two streets, … bishop of Canterbury and Gerard bishop of York in Henry's days. His b'ood and inheritance came to a daughter that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This … Wortley Hall, the seat of Lord Wharncliffe, and Wentworth Castle, that of T. F. Vernon Wentworth, Esq. The living is a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … was given to the town in 1825 by Sir Timothy Shelley of Castle Goring, a commissioner and the father of the poet. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the wapentake of Skyrack, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S.) from Wetherby; containing 19 inhabitants. It comprises … the hundred of Wotton, W. division of Surrey, 3 miles (W. S. W.) from Dorking; containing, with the chapelry of … St. John the Baptist, upon a lofty hill called Lambert's Castle. The summit of this hill, in the form of the letter D, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… original line of Watling Street: the boundary - the 'king's boundary' - diverged northwards from the road at Overley … in 1841, 1,380 in 1961, and 2,105 in 1981, 2 Admaston's growth largely accounting for an increase in the 1960s. … possible prehistoric enclosure lies east of Charlton castle, 4 while other possible sites and scattered finds …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 3. 7. 8., and in the gift of the Crown; net … are some remains of a British encampment called Barbary Castle. Wroxeter (St. Andrew) WROXETER ( St. Andrew), a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … Edward Pemberton (d. 1680) left a rent charge of £6 13 s. 4 d. for similar purposes; it was discharged for £200 in … B/V/6, Wrockwardine, 1701; SA 15504; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 25, lease, 20 Oct. 1597, for descr. of …