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A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… he dedicated to the Virgin Mary and St. Edward the Confessor, and in which he placed monks of that order, from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… head, (d) St. Lawrence, incomplete, (e) St. Edward the Confessor, (f) possibly St. Mary Magdalene, (g) crowned and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… considerable period afterwards: in the reign of Edward the Confessor it was annexed to the diocese of Exeter, by … the bishops of Bath and Wells since the time of Edward the Confessor, with the exception of the short reign of Edward …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Before 1066 the estate was granted probably by Edward the Confessor to his clerk Leofric (d. 1072), later bishop of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and Chapter of St. Paul's, London, by gift from Edward the Confessor. Here are several good oyster-beds. The living is a …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… superior body of opponents. In the reign of Edward the Confessor, five free-men held, under Burchard, 44 acres of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Sheringham, in the same county. In the reign of Edward the Confessor, Leustann, the priest, held Barsham under Gurth, … its value had doubled since the time of Edward the Confessor: it had a mill, a well-endowed church, and paid 30 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ancient royal forest of Needwood was divided. Edward the Confessor granted it to Henry de Ferrers, from whom it passed …
The Environs of London
… it into that of Chertsey. The manor was valued in the Confessor's time at 80l. it afterwards sunk in value to 30l. …
Old and New London
… and there, in the Hall, invested with the sceptre by the confessor. At Baynard's Castle, too, that cruel usurper, …