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A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Henry de Bohun. 82 It evidently reverted with Henry's manor of Haresfield to the main branch of his family 83 and … in 1538, 21 who sold the manor in 1547 to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset. 22 After Seymour's attainder the Crown … 12th century to St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, by Henry, duke of Normandy, 38 has not been traced later. Earl Ducie …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between the rivers Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the … as Sedgemoor, between the armies of the king and of the duke of Monmouth, was fought on 6 July 1685 on the moors … the manor was among estates granted to Edward Seymour, duke of Somerset. 7 After his attainder in 1552 it was leased …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 586 are in Wetheral township, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes … for many years produced a yearly profit of 30,000 to the Duke of Devonshire; but the ore becoming scarce, it was given … income, 90; patron, M. Burgoyne, Esq.; impropriator, the Duke of Devonshire. The church was rebuilt in 1820, at a cost …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … prosperity before c. 1780. In the latter year the Duke of Gloucester passed a winter in the town, so adding to … its already developing reputation as a watering place. The Duke subsequently built for himself Gloucester Lodge (251) in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Cottesloe, county of Buckingham, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Stony- Stratford; containing, with the hamlet … title of Baron, the first conferred upon him, to Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, the favourite of James I. and Charles I. … was the princely residence of Philip, the celebrated Duke of Wharton, and his ancestors, but is now occupied as a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest the king's thegn Brictric held Wheatenhurst, and in 1086 Hardinc held … assigned to her; 84 her husband, Thomas of Woodstock, Duke of Gloucester, had received the keeping of the manor in … with the rest of the de Bohun estates to Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, lapsed on the duke's rebellion and …
A History of the County of Essex
… ESTATES. In 1086 Miblanc held 1 hide of Aubrey de Vere's manor of Colne, later Earls Colne. 95Between 1142 and 1150, … son Richard (d. 1635), created earl of Portland. 99Richard's widow Frances apparently held until 1644 when her younger … who sold it in 1712 to Robert Kirkton. 2In 1720 Kirkton's executors sold it to Thomas Knapp (d. 1750), who was …
A Dictionary of London
… p.m. II. 105). See White Hart Street. White Head Court In Duke's Place (W. Stow, 1722-P.C. 1732). Not named in the maps. … into Little St. Helens. In the Vestry Minutes of St. Helen's it is recorded that a door was to be made to the street …
Old and New London
… Whitechapel CHAPTER XVII. WHITECHAPEL. Strype's AccountMention of Whitechapel by Beaumont and Fletcher and … WhitechapelThe London HospitalThe Danish ChurchThe Goodman's Fields Theatre. "Whitechapel," says Strype, "is a spacious … about him, but says, "I see nothing wonderful in it. The Duke of Argyll says he is superior to Betterton." Gray the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Northwich, First division of the hundred of Eddisbury, S. division of the county of Chester, 3 miles (S. W.) from Northwich; containing, with the townships of … an estate of 68 acres, mostly arable, belonging to the Duke of Grafton. The entire area comprises 1534 acres. The …