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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Henry Townshend Thomas Woosall, a prisoner in the castle of Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/139/34 (1681) To the … The humble petition of Thomas Woosall a prisoner in the castle of Worcester Sheweth That your petitioner about halfe … of the Lord Bishop Thornburys whoe liveinge att Hartlebury Castle and takeinge notice of the greate conveniency that a …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Fox overseers of the poor John Brooks, gardener at the castle gardens at Worcester. Ref.110 BA1/1/245/39 (1718) To … The humble peticion of John Brooks gardener at the castle gardens at Wor cester Most humbly sheweth to your …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… H: 3, granted to Thomas de Furnivall, to build a certain castle at his manor of Sheffeild in the county of York. 27 … of Eyum of the king of the honour of Peverell, of the castle of the High Peke 1 f. which manor ne bought of Roger … daughter and co-heir of Theobald de Verdun lord of Alveton castle in Staffordshire, baron of Webley in the county of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wortley Hall, the seat of Lord Wharncliffe, and Wentworth Castle, that of T. F. Vernon Wentworth, Esq. The living is a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was given to the town in 1825 by Sir Timothy Shelley of Castle Goring, a commissioner and the father of the poet. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… St. John the Baptist, upon a lofty hill called Lambert's Castle. The summit of this hill, in the form of the letter D, … dam, supposed to have stood for nearly 1000 years. Star Castle, an old manor in the parish, is tithe-free, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… situated, near the Hull and Selby railway. Wressel Castle was built by Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester, who was … divine service was performed in a private chapel at the castle, but the castle was burned down in 1797, when the present church was …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… possible prehistoric enclosure lies east of Charlton castle, 4 while other possible sites and scattered finds …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are some remains of a British encampment called Barbary Castle. Wroxeter (St. Andrew) WROXETER ( St. Andrew), a … remains of a strong double intrenchmeut called Desborough Castle, which was probably thrown up by that people to check … is an ancient camp, doubly intrenched, called Desborough Castle, which gives name to the hundred; vestiges of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… B/V/6, Wrockwardine, 1701; SA 15504; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 25, lease, 20 Oct. 1597, for descr. of … Com.), iii. 191. L.J.R.O., B/V/1/8, 11; Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 12, bdle. 24, lease, 16 Nov. 1585; [L. Marshall], … Hobson, Wellington Dir. (1898), 58. Barnard MSS., Raby Castle, box 1, bdle. 27, no. 45. Acct. based on Cranage, vii. …