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A History of the County of Essex
… the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their demesne lands in Wivenhoe. 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with … north Essex and in ports on the east coast of England from Kent to Northumberland. The boys were bound mainly to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Wollaton, Olaveston WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called … four car. small wood, one leuc. long, one qu. broad. In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 100s. … of the House of Eresby in Lincolneshire, but resident in Kent, who had Sir Francis Willoughby, father of Francis …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of ease at Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, but architectural evidence indicates that it existed … the non-residence of the clergy, and the difficulty felt by artisans in placing themselves in the church between …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of … There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. John Stockton, in 1839, left 10 per annum for the instruction of children. … hundred of Wingham, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 6 miles (S. E.) from Canterbury; containing 275 …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged … 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for … Merton Coll. 1625, M.A. 10 July, 1629; vicar of Elham, Kent, 1636, ejected 1650. See Foster's Index Eccl. Woodcock, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woodchester (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of … F.S.A., who published an elaborate account of these relics in 1797. The village is on an eminence forming part of a … Lower division of the lathe of Scray, W. division of Kent, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Tenterden; containing 1278 …
The Environs of London
… of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the wood, where Woodford-bridge now is. It lies in the hundred of Becontree, at the distance of about seven … of Godfrey, which flourished many years in the county of Kent 31." It particularly records Peter Godfrey, Esq. M. P. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of … 256 inhabitants. Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a parish, in the union of Steyning, hundred of Tipnoak, rape of … hundred of Eastry, lathe of St. Augustine, E. division of Kent, 1 mile (W. S. W.) from Sandwich; containing 792 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The … by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their market, probably also had their court or … with fellow magistrates as far away as Herefordshire and Kent. 6 In 1625 an alleged seditious speech in a Woodstock …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in shape measuring 3 km. from north to south and 2.5 km. from … obliterated by the construction of the Huntspill River in 1940. Some of the southern boundary is a lane or footpath. … 1801, was also in 1835 incumbent of two parishes in Kent. 17 In 1840 and 1843 communion was celebrated four times …