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A History of the County of Bedford
… The borough of Bedford Churches CHURCHES The church of ST. PAUL, the largest in Bedford, consists of a chancel 60 ft. 4 in. long by 23 ft. 5 … Parry (1827) to have been collected from various places in Bedford; it is of various dates, 15th, 16th and 17th …
A History of the County of Bedford
… The borough of Bedford Introduction TOPOGRAPHY THE BOROUGH OF BEDFORD Bedcanforda, Biedcanforda (vi cent.); Bedanforda (x cent.); 1 Beidforda, Bedeforda. 2 Bedford, the county town, stands on both banks of the River …
A History of the County of Bedford
… The borough of Bedford Manors MANORS The pre-Reformation history of CALDWELL … ground. 2 The prior owned lands, flocks and rents in Bedford to the value of 12 17 s., 3 and the same assessment … of the Crown, 7 and the priory, whose temporalities in Bedford at this time were valued at 11 15 s. 6 d., was …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… century shared its sheriff with the neighbouring county of Bedford. When the difficulty of traffic at that period is … two separate settlements such as is found, for example, in Bedford 73 or other towns where both sides of the river were … She married, firstly, John Crawley of Someries, Luton (co. Bedford), 347 secondly, Edward son and heir of Sir Harvey …
A History of the County of Hertford
… opposite banks of a river, such as arose at this time at Bedford, Stamford, Buckingham, York and elsewhere. What these …
A History of the County of Northampton
… The town stands on rising ground on the main road from Bedford to Kettering; the road from Wellingborough to …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of the county gaol in 1889, was also closed in 1922, and Bedford prison now serves Northampton for male prisoners and …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Leicester, Kettering, Peterborough, Market Harborough and Bedford. The station in Cotton End, known as Bridge Street, … Magna Carta. 33 It served as a base in the siege of Bedford in 1224. 34 Its pivotal position comes out most …
A History of the County of Northampton
… other crafts besides the textile. In 1224, when besieging Bedford, Henry was able to call on the smiths of Northampton … Gloucester iron were also to be sent from Northampton to Bedford for the king's works there. Hides, both white and … Jewry in the tallage of that year was equal to that of Bedford and Bristol, and below those of Oxford, Worcester, …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… papermill now stands was the Castle Mill; John Duke of Bedford died seised of a corn-mill and a fullingmill at … reversion of the third part, then held by the Duchess of Bedford in dower, were granted to the Earl of Salisbury. 83 … Roald son of Roald, 10 15 s. 6 d. to Jacquetta Duchess of Bedford as part of her dower, and 21 11 s. 1 d. to the king. …