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A History of the County of Lancaster
… Book the Fells seem to have been a desolate No-man's-land, and the boundary between Furness and Kendal was … of the Duddon valley has been celebrated in Wordsworth's sonnets. The district is accessible by road 3 and rail. The … coast line has been altered from time to time by the sea's action. 4 There are numerous pre-Roman remains, of which an …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the parish church, hall, castle mound, and St. Wilfrid's Well, 2 stands beside the river, about a mile and a half … 9a By the county lay of 1624 Halton had to pay 1 15 s. 11 d. when the hundred was called upon to raise 100. 10 … of Lancaster.' The issues of the forest were valued at 64 s. 3 d. yearly, and when a forge was raised in the forest …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… at Esthwaite Hall, in 1516. 8 He was educated at St. John's College, Cambridge, taking his B.A. degree in 15389. 9 He … in 1553. Though he lost the mastership of St. Catharine's Hall and was imprisoned in the Tower for a while, he was … was born at Hawkshead in 1581, educated at St. John's, Cambridge, and attained some distinction as a Puritan …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… the surname was long well known. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford; M.A. 1600. There is a notice of him in the … Between the windows is a square-headed modern priest's doorway, to the west of which are the remains of a … Church of Kirkby Ireleth. Anno 1737,' and with the maker's mark ' S B '; a chalice, paten and flagon 'Presented by His …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the county lay of 1624 this parish should contribute 19 s. 0 d. towards each 100 raised in the hundred of Lonsdale. 3 … little later it is found to be held of the abbey by knight's service and rent by a family which took its name from this … and the Moor in Pennington seized a number of William's cattle by way of distraint, alleging that the due reaping …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… to the county lay of 1624 Urswick had to contribute 3 6 s. towards each 100 levied upon the hundred. 7 Before the … church, and in the manor of Bolton. 22 In 1299 the king's licence was sought to alienate the manor to Furness Abbey. … the latter by 6 d. rent. 23 It would not be to the king's hurt to allow the alienation of the manor to the abbey, and …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Kendal, but there does not seem any evidence of the king's anger being visited on Warton. The forces of Charles II in … (precedence being always given to the churchwarden's bundle), which is attended with a great multitude of people … on the old fifteenth, Warton with Dalton contributed 7 2 s. 3 d. when the hundred had to raise 100; the separate …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… value of the rectory. In 1624 the parish had to pay 1 9 s. 9 d. when the hundred raised 100. 2 The Jacobite forces … marched through in 1715; on the high ground on Col. North's estate they made an inclosure for their horses, which is … absorbed in Whittington. In 1086 the whole was in the king's hands. 5 Somewhat later the greater part of Whittington …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… assessed as two plough-lands, was part of Earl Tostig's Beetham lordship, and was held by Count Roger of Poitou in … This manor was held of the king in chief (as of the knight's fees which had belonged to William de Coucy) by knight's service, a rent of 13 s. 4 d., performing suit at the court …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… fell towards Cartme], with a branch sloping down to Kent's Bank on the south-west. Up the Broughton Vale a road goes … of the north-east counties. There is a Working-men's Institute. The well-wooded Holme Island to the east was … cases. William Bare, in addition to a moiety of his father's tenement, took Elvi's Place at a rent of 5 d. each term, …