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A History of the County of Essex
… with the forest immediately to the north. 20 Robert Gernon's section of it was possibly centred on West Ham village, … the parish church was in existence. Ranulph Peverel's section became known in the 12th century as Sudbury … Langthorne about m. south of that road. 25 Among the abbey's earliest endowments was Woodgrange, an outlying farm on the …
A History of the County of Essex
… by Robert Gernon and Ranulph Peverel. 1 In 1135 Gernon's successor, William de Montfitchet, founded the abbey of … among other donations to the abbey, Richard de Montfitchet's grange in the forest (Woodgrange) 6 and land in South marsh … 1086 had constituted the greater part of Ranulph Peverel's share of Ham. 8 During the 14th century the abbey further …
A History of the County of Essex
… was Sir John Pelly, Bt. (17771852), governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, who lived at the Manor House, Upton, and was … 37 Thomas Given-Wilson (d. 1916), vicar of St. Mary's, Plaistow, 38 Robert Rowntree Clifford (d. 1943), … on tropical diseases, worked at the Albert Dock seamen's hospital, Custom House. 42 Dorothea Beale (1831 1906), …
The Environs of London
… says the record of Doomsday, "Gueri, a canon of St. Paul's, holds two hides. The land is one carucate and a half, two … hogs." The manor was then valued at 30s., in King Edward's time at 20s. only. It is described as parcel of the ancient … the parish, except about twelve acres which belong to Mr. Brett. Manor-house. The manor-house, which is the only house …
A History of the County of Sussex
… north on the same side is a reconditioned house, 'Smuggler's Cottage', with a rough-casted east front and timber-framed … It was sold by Philip, Earl of Arundel, in 1580 to Robert Brett, 64 who died in 1586. By his will he gave his wife … thereof; for the whole passed to their son and heir John Brett, who sold it to William Hildrop in 1603. 66 By 1606 the …
Survey of London
… appearance of the Palace in the early part of Charles II's reign. The building operations of that monarch no doubt … mass of buildings, of differing styles and dates. James II's rebuilding of the privy gallery and of the Queen's … by "the great sun-dial in Whitehall Garden." (A. C. A. Brett's Charles II and His Court, p. 297). There is a …
The Environs of London
… either gave or confirmed to the church of St. Paul's ten manses at Neosdune, with the manor of Willesdune 2. … parish, which are held either by prebendaries of St. Paul's, or their lessees. Prebendal manor of Wilsdon, or Bounds. … Hooker and his heirs 34. It is now the property of Charles Brett, Esq. who married an heiress of the Hooker family. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of oats and sheep, sent oats and hay to the college's hospice in London, and also yielded wheat, cows, and oxen. … 71 On the Oxgate estates woodland formed 15 a. of Tanner's estate in 1675 but had entirely disappeared by 1755, 72 30 … of Mapesbury (319 a.), Joseph Finch (301 a.), Charles Brett (252 a.), and the prebend of Brondesbury (248 a.). 92 …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… to be a confirmation by King Athelstan c. 939 to St. Paul's monastery in London of estates including ten mansae at … at least 1732. 85 By 1772 it was in the hands of Charles Brett, who had married the Hooker heiress. Charles (d. 1799) … of West Twyford. 87 In 1887 the trustees of George Arthur Brett possessed c. 178 a. The Willan estate followed the …
Statutes of the Realm
… Wood William Lawrence John Powell Serjeant at Law Henry Brett John Cocks William Schudamore William Hodges Sir Robert … George Withwick Gent. Thomas Withwick Esq[uire] Thomas Brett William Brett Gent. Edward Manley of Wooldham the … Morris Hunt Bartholomew Fillingham William Lownes Esq[uire]s Phillip Ryley Robert Squib Esquires Crispe Grange Edmund …