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Calendar of Close Rolls, Richard II
… patens. Sept. 4. Westminster. To John de Welton escheator in Norhamptonshire. Order to take the fealty of Roger Gayton … inquisition, taken by the escheator, that by fine levied in the king's court with his licence John la Warre knight at … the towns of Dounton, Pademore and Hulle, divers lands in Corfton, 1 acre of land in Wistanstowe, the advowsons of the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… this royal free chapel was the college founded at Quatford in 1086 by Roger, Earl of Shrewsbury. A tradition current in the later Middle Ages that the college was founded at … demesne tithes of Corfham and a small annual pension from Diddlebury were still claimed as part of Underton prebend in …
A History of the County of Dorset
… WIMBORNE MINSTER One of the earliest religious foundations in this county was the nunnery built here at the beginning of … not held of the king in chief; while Richard de Corfton, at the same time, was permitted to assign to them … Rolls of the last year of Henry IV states that Thomas Corfton testifies that he has released and quitclaimed to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Edward the Martyr), an incorporated town and parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, possessing separate … a school, to which Richard Lockyer in 1706 bequeathed 17. Corfton CORFTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Diddlebury, union of Ludlow, hundred of Munslow, S. division …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… VIII Earlier corrigenda to Volumes I-III were published in Volumes II-IV. In references to pages printed in more than one column ' a', … s.v. 'Abdon Burf', delete 'Abdon,' and before 'and' add 'Diddlebury,' " " 246 b, s.v. 'Acton Scott', before '209' add …
A Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds
… by William to John of 20 l. yearly from all his land, &c., in Beston and Northyvele, viz., if William pay 20 s. at the … Hopton by Lye, Wistanstowe, Colde- weston, Sparcheford, Corfton, Streford, Pole, Staunton Lacy, Lodelow, Lauley, … with all land, &c. there and in Coldeweston, Streford, Corfton, Pademore, Pole, Stantonlacy, Lodelowe, Lauley, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… DEVONPORT, a celebrated naval arsenal, and a borough, in the parish of Stoke-Damerall, or Stoke, S. division of the … The tithes were commuted for land and a corn-rent in 1797. Diddlebury (St. Peter) DIDDLEBURY ( St. Peter), a parish, in … was afterwards appropriated to the abbey of Shrewsbury. At Corfton, on a bank above the rectory, stood a small Norman …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Much Wenlock to the north. 43 As communications improved in the early 20th century its isolation was reduced, and by … to Bridgnorth, Ludlow, or Kidderminster (Worcs.). 44 In the 19th century the parish contained 5,566 a. (2,253 ha.) … because Periers had acquired Ditton with Corfham (in Diddlebury) and Culmington, both of which owed tithes to St. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… agriculture, as it was nationally. There were vast changes in landownership. Many estates, especially in the first half … and inclosed the open fields in the next few years. At Corfton William Baldwyn initiated exchanges with Charles … entirely inclosed. The family adopted a similar policy in Diddlebury and Siefton in the 1630s. On the Craven estate, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… farming expanded, and the new farming techniques devised in the arable parts of the kingdom spread widely; their adoption, perhaps later and more unevenly in Shropshire than in some other regions, 18 amounted to an … Leicester breed from his Kinlet estate, William Beddoes of Diddlebury and Mr. Tench of Bromfield both advocated the …