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A History of the County of Somerset
… Bridgwater Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. Agriculture. The four Domesday manors which lay within the ancient parish, … were rated between them for over 500 a. at Dunwear and Edward Pleydell for over 200 a. at Horsey. Other large … rebuilt, and in 1694 Bristol corporation sold it to Edward Raymond. 52 No further trace of it has been found. A …
A History of the County of Somerset
… held as one of a group of manors which lay on each side of the Parrett 18 and later formed part of the honor of Bampton … in 1509, 40 but in 1511 it was given to two daughters of Edward IV, namely Katharine, recently widowed countess of … 1538, d. 1548) sold his share of Bridgwater manor to Edward Seymour, earl of Hertford 54 (attainted 1552). In 1582 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… sent two burgesses to parliament 13 in 1295. Until 1328 the M.P.s' names indicate origins or residence outside the … of an Act for sealing local woollen cloths. 18 Alexander, Edward, and John Popham of Huntworth, Edward's son-in-law John Court, and possibly Nicholas …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N.W. (b)XXXVIII, S.W.) Bridport is a municipal borough on the river Brit 15 m. W. of Dorchester. It now includes parts … Dunhead, 1705, tablet with cherub-heads, urn, etc.; (6) to Edward Coker, slain at the Bull Inn, 1685, tablet with brass … for the leadwork, Ben. Galpin, painter and glazier, and Edward Dare who made the wrought-iron balustrade of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… markettown, and parish, having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, in the Bridport division of Dorset, 14 … This was a town of some importance in the time of Edward the Confessor, and is mentioned in Domesday book as having a mint …
Three fifteenth-century chronicles
… Brief notes of occurrences under Henry VI and Edward IV Brief Notes of Occurrences Under Henry vi. and Edward iv., From MS. Lambeth, 448. 1307. Coronacio Regis … qui duxit Isabellam Regis Francie filiam. [This is the first of a series of chronological notes of which almost …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Brigandine - Brushing board Brigandine According to the OED, a brigandine was a form of body ARMOUR composed of … have seen it only in heraldic examples, described it as 'the back and brest plates', and suggests it was synonymous with a cuirass or CURAT [Holme (2000)]. The brigadine seems to have gone out of favour by the early …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Brightside-Bierlow BRIGHTSIDE-BIERLOW, a township, in the parish and union of Sheffield, N. division of the … of Mercia, which was subsequently a favourite residence of Edward the Confessor, who frequently came hither during the hunting …
Brightwell Baldwin
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Baldwin BRIGHTWELL BALDWIN Located on a spring-line at the foot of the Chiltern hills, the small rural parish of … the priory's Brightwell property was sold in 1588 to Edward Wymarke of London. 18 An estate at Cadwell was owned … of Brightwell Park stayed for long, exceptions being Edward Lauder-Watson (c.191428) and Sir Richard Gull, Bt …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Brimpsfield Brimpsfield The rural parish of Brimpsfield lies above the Cotswold … lands in 1321 because of his part in the rebellion against Edward II, was executed at Gloucester the following year 116 … the bishop collated to the living 266 and later that year Edward IV revoked his predecessor's grant. 267 By 1465 his …