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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted … it is now a distinct perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, with a net income of 80. The church is … the king's books at 5. 8. 1., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham; impropriator of the remainder of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… with the chapelry of Alvington by William de Vere, Bishop of Hereford (1186-98), and the dependence of Alvington … vicars, the earliest named being Abraham c. 1200, 94 the bishop granted the living c. 1253 to William de Agathe as … the manor, was sold in 1872 by Henry, Duke of Beaufort, to S. S. Marling. 5 Sir Percival Scrope Marling presented in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here … Forest of Dean, 78 and the ferry was presumably used by Bishop Richard de Swinfield when he travelled from Woolaston …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater … a former prior of the Carthusian house at Witham and bishop of Killala (Ireland) 1459-61, who in 1480 let his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … have been commuted for 145 payable to the lessee of the Bishop of Chester, and 35. 5. to the vicar. Woolton Priory, … king's books at 7. 12. 6.; net income, 740; patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church was rebuilt by act of …
The Environs of London
… Manor of Woolwich, in the early part of Edward the First's reign 8. In the year 1324, the manor of Woolwich belonged … the deanery of Dartford. Henry I. gave this church to the Bishop of Rochester, and the priory of St. Andrew at that place 41. Bishop Gundulph, when he separated his own maintenance from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the … probably on the site of an earlier house, by Anthony Bec, Bishop of Durham, c. 12961311. Parts of the retaining wall of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Redbornestoke, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (S. W.) from Bedford; containing 1122 inhabitants. It … of 11 s. 11 d. payable to the vicar, and 81. 4. to the Bishop of Lichfield. Wootton WOOTTON, a township, in the … in the later English style. Richard Montague, afterwards Bishop of Chester and of Norwich, was rector here. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… village in the Middle Ages. 92 The suffix in the parish's name is the surname of lords of the principal manor and was … what was later the land of Wootton Rivers, to Ealhmund, bishop of Winchester, and his see in an exchange. 35 There is … inf. from Mr. Davison. W.R.O. 1085/1-7; 1085/9; 1085/20; bishop's transcripts for some earlier years are in W.R.O. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the territories on the other side of the Severn. Sexulf, Bishop of Mercia, founded here the first Christian church … of his province. In 679, Bosel was consecrated first bishop by the style of Episcopus Huicciorum, and invested … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an …