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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… antiquities being found occasionally. Wittenham, Long, or Earls (All Saints) WITTENHAM, LONG, or EARLS ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of … hundred of Oxney, lathe of Shepway, E. division of Kent, 5 miles (S. by E.) from Tenterden; containing 998 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… conjecture has deduced the latter from the Saxon Willi or Vili, signifying "many," and Combe, "a deep ravine" or "dell." The town occupies a gentle eminence, in an … in the county of Northampton.See Old. Woldham, county Kent.See Wouldham. WOLDHAM, county Kent.See Wouldham. …
A History of the County of Essex
… called Cockaynes, in Elmstead and Alresford, and Kelars or Rebandishide, in Elm stead, except in the reigns of Henry … was usually held by the lord's steward, Charles Gray, or his deputy. By that period the business was mainly … north Essex and in ports on the east coast of England from Kent to Northumberland. The boys were bound mainly to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve bovats. 1 There afterwards Warner the man of … claim. 15 But this Hugh the Clergy-man had a wife (or Concubine) called Joane de Riseley, by whom he had a … of the House of Eresby in Lincolneshire, but resident in Kent, who had Sir Francis Willoughby, father of Francis …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Wingham, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. E.) from Canterbury; containing 275 … named Shuttleworth, now occupied as a farmhouse. Wonastow, or Weonastow (St. Wonnow) WONASTOW, or Weonastow ( St. Wonnow), a parish, in the hundred of …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Merton Coll. 1625, M.A. 10 July, 1629; vicar of Elham, Kent, 1636, ejected 1650. See Foster's Index Eccl. Woodcock, … March, 1685-6, aged 20. [ 16] Woodcock, Lawrence (Wudcocke or Wodecocke) fellow New Coll. 1508-20, from St. … Thomas B.A. 31 May, 1568. Woodhall, John (Woodwall or Wodall) B.A. 27 June, 1523; fellow Oriel Coll. 1524, from …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… appears to have been the residence of the propraetor, or perhaps of the Emperor Adrian. Among the antiquities that … be descriptive of the situation of the church either in, or contiguous to, a wood. The church is a highly interesting … Lower division of the lathe of Scray, W. division of Kent, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Tenterden; containing 1278 …
The Environs of London
… there, in 1420 10. Whether this was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am … the inscriptions of which have been since either removed or defaced:Anne, wife of Daniel Thelwall, 1638; Elizabeth, … of Godfrey, which flourished many years in the county of Kent 31." It particularly records Peter Godfrey, Esq. M. P. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 269 inhabitants. This parish, also called Woodmanstone or Woodmansthorne, comprises by measurement 1553 acres, of … hundred of Eastry, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Sandwich; containing 792 … It comprises 2922 acres, of which 29 are common or waste. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The … to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The borough's independence may then have … with fellow magistrates as far away as Herefordshire and Kent. 6 In 1625 an alleged seditious speech in a Woodstock …