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The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… by a soldier under one of the Antonines; a stone inscribed S. Var? and another Coh. V. In the Avail of another house is … to till one carucate of eightscore acres of the Bishop's land newly disforested; 10 and to the house of Sherburn 11 … Iter passes the Tees at Piersbridge, proceeds by Royal Oak, St. Andrew Auckland, and the Bishop's Park, to …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… vale of Lamesley, irregularly spotted with old branching oak. The old Castle of Ravensworth as it stood in the time of … and probably including a keep or central tower. Buck's view 1728, exhibits the towers with a perfectly modern … Bishop by homage, fealty, and the service of half a knight's fee 8. Bartram Lumley, of Ravenshelm, fourth in line from …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… hills beyond the Tyne. Boldon-BukeMedomsley pays xxii s. Medomsley was therefore at this period a free manor, held … of the vill of Medomsley, held by homage fealty and 4 s. exchequer rent; and of the manor of Hamsterley, near … the altars preserved in the Cathedral Library of Durham bear ample testimony, and his valuable local knowledge was of …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… (from the head of the Slake to nearly opposite Clifford's Fort), and entirely occupied by buildings. A considerable … In 1279 a Jury, sworn before John Delavale, the King's Justice Itinerant, found that "the Prior of Tynemouth had … but only huts for fishermen 2." The Prior of Tynemouth's four ovens at North Shields were fined five marks, and both …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Leigh, Stanley, Shieldrow, Beckley, Andrewfield, Bryan's Leap, Yewyhurst, Northorn, Lintz Hall, Lintz Green, Coves … seized of the same estate, held of the Crown by knight's service, leaving Robert Harbotel his son and heir 7. … the East Demesnes in Tanfield, held of the Crown by knight's service, leaving William Kennet, Esq. his son and heir 10. …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Merrington on the South-east and South; and by St. Andrew's Auckland on the South-west and West. The Chapelry forms … Book by the free service of the fourth part of a knight's fee. Yet a charter of Bishop Philip, who succeeded Bishop … a general muster upon Spenny-moor of all the men able to bear arms within the Bishopric, betwixt the ages of fifteen …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… on the North, by the Chapelry of St. Margaret's, in the suburbs of Durham, on the East, by St. Oswald's … over the deep wooded banks of the Brune, with the ruins of Bear Park rising on the opposite brink. Witton derives its … and chancel, separated from each other by a rude screen of oak. The South side of the nave has three modern sash-lights; …
A History of the County of Essex
… 35 18 bullocks trespassed in the lord of Great Tey's meadow in 1412. 36 The lord of Crepping's Hollemeadow, recorded in 1482, seems to have been the later … pasture for Crepping manor. 41 Cocks tye or green, in Oak Lane near the modern Observatory cot- tages, recorded …
A History of the County of Essex
… road crosses the Colne. In the 13th century it was Britric's bridge, presumably from its pre-Conquest holder, and the … a footbridge over the Colne. 72 Rombridge lane, the modern Oak Road, so called c. 1480, in 1593, and c. 1613, 73 … to Col- chester in 1914, and from the 1930s to the 1950s S. Blackwell of Earls Colne ran an express coach from Chappel …
Bristol Town Duties
… any town in England, and it so continued during the King's life, who dying in 1087, his son William, surnamed Rufus, … very great love and sincere affection which we have and bear towards the person of our dear consort, Johanna, Queen … interpretations, to ascertain whether the words will not bear some other construction, and to adopt it, even without …