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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… than furlongs and strips. 24 In the 1730s and 1740s the duke of Somerset bought all five manors and ten freehold and … 500 a., the latter mainly from non-resident owners. 25 The duke's Cheveley Park estate included 4,100 a. of Woodditton … A copyhold windmill in Ditton Valence, sold in 1742 to the duke of Somerset, 90 was replaced shortly before 1759 91 by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… child Frances. She immediately married Henry Somerset, duke of Beaufort, 88 in whom the manors were vested by an Act … of 1730, 89 and who at once sold them to Charles Seymour, duke of Somerset, 90 soon to be owner of the Cheveley Park … Roger (d. 1707), whose son Roger sold it in 1733 to the duke of Somerset. 20 Ditton Valence manor then passed with …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cranborne; containing 454 inhabitants. The unfortunate Duke of Monmouth, after his flight from the battle of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… reign of Queen Anne, when it was granted to the celebrated Duke of Marlborough, for whom a splendid mansion called … stone building, erected about the year 1766, by the Duke of Marlborough, after a design by Sir William Chambers. … born, here. Woodstock gives the title of Viscount to the Duke of Portland. Woodstone (St. Augustine) WOODSTONE ( St. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… passed to Catherine, wife of Sir Edward Seymour, later duke of Somerset (attainted 1552); 49 he conveyed it in 1531 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on the east in 1863; land and stone were supplied by the duke of Marlborough and the building cost only £495. The … sublet the inn to William Barke, formerly butler to the duke of Marlborough, and it was renamed the Marlborough Arms. … Joseph Brooks, on whose death in 1807 she sold to the duke of Marlborough the Balliol lease, the freehold parts of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the grammar school estate. 20 By will proved 1817 George, duke of Marlborough, left £500 for the poor of Oxford and … in need was sealed. 34 Other Charities In the 1790s the duke and duchess of Marlborough provided two groups of … in the 1860s as the old almshouses but was occupied by the duke's rent-paying tenants; 40 it was probably so used from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… meadows and three small closes belonging to the duke of Marlborough. 51 In 1686 Bishop Fell provided a … evict an unsatisfactory rector. 59 In 1876 the patron, the duke of Marlborough, wanted to unite the rectory house with … from another living at Hurley (Berks.), and from the duke of Marlborough was probably substantial. 23 His …
A History of the County of Oxford
… motives inspired the offer to pave the town at the duke of Marlborough's expense. 11 Vanbrugh's plan to rebuild … and refronted by Thomas Walker, town clerk and the duke's auditor, in 1795. Much of the south side of the street … grounds on the eastern edge of the town for the use of the duke's auditors. 24 The corner house and shops later no. 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the freedom of the borough; 79 a Garter star for the duke of Marlborough cost 50 gn., and a 2 oz. chain sold in … Brooks, mayor in 1794, was an attorney, agent to the duke of Marlborough, and a founding partner in 1790 of …