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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… son of Peada, King of the Mercians, granted to the abbey of Medehamstead, now Peterborough, "the lands from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was the disaster that some fled for their lives to Thorney Abbey and the higher lands around. 7 The Fendyke may be said … 'Everdewike' but afterwards 'Trokenholt', to Thorney Abbey. 13 This grant was confirmed by Bishop Longchamp …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 83 William son of William de Wendling (Norf.) gave to the abbey of that name, which he founded in 1265, a messuage and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… until recently remains of old carving and Dutch tiles. ABBEY GREEN, so called from John Abby who lived there, was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 16 bordars with lands worth 5 s. as belonging to this abbey. 17 The later 12th century seems to have been a period … of which the abbot was lord. 28 The value of the Ramsey Abbey possessions in 15389 was stated as only 13 9 s. 9 d. 29 … manor of BEAUPR HALL in 1541 59 and received the Ramsey abbey manor shortly afterwards. Another lay tenant in Upwell …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… between 1803 and 1805. 27 The manor house, commonly called Abbey House, 28 is situated to the west of the church and is … account except as the site and home farm or demesne of the abbey, 30 and references to it apart from the abbey are very scanty. The boundary with the Ely Cathedral …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… them in 1433. 8 In 12356 Bishop Northwold granted to the Abbey of Thorney 1,000 acres in the marsh of Wisbech. 9 The … son of Edmund of Wisbech granted 10 s. rent to Anglesey Abbey, from a messuage and 14 acres in Sayer's Field. 15 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… upon its 'fine church and library, where sundry very old abbey manuscripts', and its 'fine house built on the church …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Elm and to Wisbech as the boundary of the Peterborough abbey lands, is doubtful. V.C.H. Cambs. i, 369-71, 381. For … be a corrected copy of an earlier one, as it shows Thorney Abbey standing complete. C 54/3678, m. 29. Gardiner, Hist. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… a relation by marriage, who gave it c. 1230 to Godstow abbey (Oxon.). The abbey's estate was augmented c. 1260 by William Berneval, 10 …