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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and was one of the manors bestowed by William the Conqueror on his nephew, Gilbert de Gaunt, who had a castle …
A Survey of London
… Magnauile), Portgraue or Shiriffe in the raign of William Conqueror, and of William Rufus, Hugh de Buch, in the raigne …
The Environs of London
… The name has undergone several changes. In the Conqueror's Survey, it is called Patricesy; and has since … the Conquest belonged to earl Harold, was given by the Conqueror to WestminsterAbbey, in exchange for Windsor. The … several charters relating to Battersea 7; viz. William the Conqueror's original grant; a charter of privileges; and a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… place at this town, where, in fulfilment of a vow, the Conqueror founded a magnificent abbey for monks of the … style, having been built in the reign of William the Conqueror: the tower was rebuilt in 1607, by Hugo Glover, …
A Dictionary of London
… by Baynard, a Nobleman who came over with William the Conqueror and died in the reign of William Rufus (S. 61 and …
Old and New London
… of those greedy and warlike Normans who came over with the Conqueror, who bestowed on him many marks of favour, among …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Many hundreds of coins, supposed to be of William the Conqueror and William Rufus, were discovered in June 1833; an …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… state was further increased in the reign of William the Conqueror by the arrival of twenty-four burgesses who fled … as a fee-farm rent for the manor, was raised by the Conqueror to a tallage of 60,000. The town then contained …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a nunnery established by Judith, niece of William the Conqueror, and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, and to St. … flight of the monks from Durham upon the approach of the Conqueror, in 1069; it was enlarged and repaired in 1818. At …