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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of Wilton is the rapid decline of the borough between the 13th and 15th centuries; all the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of its growth, when ancient custom became established by prescription, the town government of Wilton was, from the 16th century onwards, constantly … made on the charters revealed increasingly how much of the earlier medieval procedure had become stereotyped, and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… 35 S.W., bTL 35 S.E., cTL 34 N.W., dTL 34 N.E.) The parish of Wimpole, 2468 acres in extent, lies about 8 m. S.W. of Cambridge. It is bounded on the N. by the ancient track … Total expenditure up to 1745 shown in an 'Abstract of Bills' was 7,118 5s. 8d., but there seem to have been …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… WINCHESTER Bishops BISHOPS OF WINCHESTER Stigand Cons. to bpric. of Elmham 3 Apr. 1043, but depr. 1052. Nom. to Winchester … obits.: B.M., Add. MS. 29436 fos. 48v, 73r). 2 Henry of Blois 3 Previously and concurrently abbot of Glastonbury …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first Parliaments of England were held, is the only remaining portion of the castle where Norman and Angevin kings resided, where …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great, in A.D. 856 1 there is no authentic …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th century. The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the foundation of prosaic …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 3 ploughteams but 4 1/2 teams were actually being worked, of which 2 were on the demesne and 1 1/2 was worked by 10 … installed from Repton (Derb.) by William I. There was 8 a. of meadow and an unspecified area of underwood. Together with a mill, the total value of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 the manor of WINSTONE was held by Ansfrid de Cormeilles who had received it on his marriage to a niece of Walter de Lacy, 45 although Walter's son Hugh may have held the estate at some stage. 46 The overlordship of the manor descended with the honor of Cormeilles, 47 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … originally the same as in the other Marshland villages of the Isle, but in Leverington has been considerably … Dragoons; the sale may have been occasioned by his being drafted to the East Indies. The estate continued in the …