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Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… William Basing or Kingsmill was appointed dean, together with twelve canons to replace the monks. The offices of … also made provision for twenty-four honorary canons with no duties of residence, and despite their misgivings, … appointed after the passing of the Act. 7 This volume ends with the year 1857, by which time the number of canons had …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in 1136 by Henry of Blois, and consisted of a church with hospital buildings on the south side. Nothing remains of … tower, nave, north and south aisles and north porch with a parvise over. 1 The vestry on the south side of the … nature of the inscription. In the window in the closet recess at the north side of the entrance hall are some …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… first in history in the Domesday Survey in connexion with the manor of Clewer, which was held of the king by Ralf … Windsor was a mount and bailey castle of the first rank, with earthworks crested with timber palisades. The lower or … Room leads into the old King's, now the Queen's, Closet. It measures 28 ft. by 18 ft. and has damask-covered …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Norman Conquest Edward the Confessor had granted Windsor with 20 hides of land in the neighbourhood to the monastery … 1114. 14 On 24 January 11201 the marriage of King Henry with his second wife Adeliza of Louvain took place at … of improper persons into the chapel, who made the royal closet 'a common passage to the leads between the chapel and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and subsequently of the Warburtons, was purchased, with the estate, in 1806, on the death of Richard, Lord … Bridgend on the 12th of January. The living is a vicarage, with the chapel of Nighton, in the patronage of the Dean and … of Somerset, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Axbridge; containing, with the hamlet of Woodborough, 1436 inhabitants. It …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… the chancel and nave are tiled, and the rest are covered with lead. The present Chancel, Nave, North and South Aisles, … church was restored in 1884, and in 1889 a North Aisle, with a Vestry at the E. end and an Organ-chamber, was added … E. window is of five cinque-foiled ogee lights with tracery under a straight-sided four-centred head and a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Corporation to keep control of the port, in connexion with which they adopted, particularly in the late 18th and … was to be appointed by the ten capital burgesses with the assent of ten other burgesses. Wisbech thus enjoyed … the balance 'wise frugality' was proposed, together with a reduction in the number of watchmen and scavengers, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… 6d. for a pair of gilt spurrs, for fifteen acres of land, with the appurtenances in Wyston, which John de Bekering, … by Claworth, which were granted to sir Anthony Nevill with the site of that monastery by king H. 8. The priory of … proprietor is Jonathan Acklom, esq: except about 49 acres with a house, and about 13 acres of glebe which belongeth to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is a large handsome edifice in the later English style, with a square tower, which is the only remaining part of the … extensive flour-mill. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the rectory of Little Witchingham annexed, valued in the … and the vicarial for 250; the glebe comprises 34 acres, with a good house, lately rebuilt by the Rev. William Howard. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… flint and ashlar, and tile-covered roofs. The West Tower, with walls of Greensand ashlar and Heathstone rubble, is of … E. window of the Chancel has four trefoil-headed lights with vertical tracery under a moulded two-centred head with … a chamfered four-centred head, now opening into a wall closet in the N. wall of the original range, may originally …