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A History of the County of Oxford
… park, Woodstock Park, renamed Blenheim when granted by the Crown in 1705 to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to agents, notably Samuel Travers, surveyor-general of Crown Lands, and William Diston, a flamboyant Chadlington … that the 'little people' in London dependent on the Crown would be against her, and that the military men who …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… for 60 years. 5 The fisheries were conveyed to the Crown by the Duke of Beaufort in 1901, and by the Crown to the Wye Board of Conservators in 1924, the fishing …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… his estates in 1096, after which they were held by the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's … knight's fee, rendering £88 3 s. 10 d. annually to the Crown. 12 Two-thirds of the manor were held in possession, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… on the road to East Huntspill 1 but had been renamed the Crown by 1871. 2 It was open in 1881 and appears to have been … his death before 1215 without male issue it was held by Crown grantees during the minority of Henry's nephew and male … it was held as security for Lord Audley's debts to the Crown in the 1520s before passing in 1538 to Edward Seymour, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the king's books at 8. 6. 1., and in the patronage of the Crown, with a net income of 102: the glebe comprises 14 … lying in Little Woolton. The property is now held of the crown by the Marquess of Salisbury, lord of Childwall. The … 6000. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Crown and the Bishop of London, alternately; income, 150. …
The Environs of London
… its appurtenances of Woolwich, &c. became vested in the Crown, and this estate passed through various lay hands. … annually by Sir John Shaw, tenant of that manor under the Crown, for the manor of Woolwich. The inhabitants of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Somerton, Lincs. The palace passed into the hands of the Crown in 1311, but there is little evidence of alteration to …