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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WYCOMBE, HIGH, or Chipping-Wycombe ( All Saints), a borough, markettown, and parish, and the head of a union, in … containing 6480 inhabitants, of whom 3184 are in the borough. This place, which is evidently of great antiquity, … mayor and late mayor are justices of the peace, and the borough for municipal purposes comprises 134 acres. It first …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… village. 90 In 1650 copyhold land descended by Borough English. 91 Copyhold tenure long survived in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… may be partly attributed to the vicinity of the rising borough of Stockton. It consists chiefly of one spacious … a market-town and parish, and formerly a representative borough, in the liberty of West Medina, Isle of Wight … to create freemen: this last privilege is not exercised. Borough courts are held by the mayor and steward, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at the village. Yealmpton was anciently denominated a borough, and though much decayed, is still of respectable … on the south. The place was anciently called the town, borough, lordship, and hundred of Yeovil, including a … took place every three weeks; and a court-leet for the borough is still held annually, by the lord of the manor. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of which is included within the limits of the contributory borough of Aberystwith. It is bounded on the north-west by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… north-west, the continuous buildings stretch out of the borough a considerable distance into the township of Clifton, … and Ouse and Derwent; besides which it comprehends the borough and liberties of Beverley, and the county of the town of Hull. Yorkshire contains the city of York; the borough, market, and sea port towns of Hull, Scarborough, and …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Traynhome and Wharleton. William Fitz William, kt., Edward Borough, esq., William Skipwith, junr, esq., George Hennege, … waters of the Derwent. William Fitz William, kt., Edward Borough, esq., William Skypwith, junr., esq., George Hennege, …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and Ledes.. Christopher Genny and Thomas Grene Henry Borough, esq., and Katherine his wife, late the wife of …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… lands in Holey and Morley, to be held to Lady Katherine Borough, wid., for her life, and after her death to John …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Wakefeld, in which Lady Katherine late the wife of Thomas Borough, kt., deceased, has a life interest. Humphrey Broun, …