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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… until about 1910, when the farm was sold to the Isle of Ely County Council for small holdings. The structure of the … referred to in c. 1133-51, when Bishop Niel of Ely granted a square mile ( milliarium) of marsh, first … to celebrate in both chapels. 21 In 1487 the Bishop of Ely directed his clergy to receive kindly the proctor of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Ministry of Health Provisional Orders Confirmation (Ely, Holland, and Norfolk) Act, which came into force the … the main road from Wisbech to Outwell, Downham Market, and Ely (A 1101). The Low Road (B 1101) forms the village street … been: (i) Sir Richard Swale (1545 ?1608), Chancellor of Ely and a noted civil lawyer; he was appointed rector in 1588 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the method and date of its acquisition by the church of Ely is unknown. As at Wisbech, both bishop and prior obtained … de Longchamp held 400 acres for 2 marks of the Prior of Ely. 7 This is probably the origin of the manor of Graces … at the later 7 free tenants (counting the Prior of Ely's two holdings separately), 60 customary tenants, 5 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… out of the marsh, free from all claims of the Bishop of Ely and the inhabitants or others claiming under them. The … first ploughed in 1667 or 1668. By the award the Bishop of Ely became entitled to 50 acres of the newly inclosed … is not mentioned at all in the earliest (1221) of the Ely episcopal cartularies, 13 and only in a cursory manner in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … Downham Market (A 1122) following the canal; the Wisbech-Ely road (A 1101), which leaves this at Outwell church; a … were set aside for a recreation ground, the Bishop of Ely as lord of the manor was allotted 1 acre, 17 acres were …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from the abbey are very scanty. The boundary with the Ely Cathedral priory property in Wisbech Murrow was adjusted in 1248. The Prior and Convent of Ely recognized 200 acres between the dike dividingThorney and … return quitclaimed 400 acres of marsh called 'Eldegore' to Ely. 31 A manor of Thorney is mentioned c. 1458, 32 and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Book, since it was within the liberty of the Bishop of Ely, but Tydd St. Mary appears there in the form of Stith. 4 … ground, 21 sold to defray costs, 17 given to the Bishop of Ely as lord of the manor, and the remainder divided, in very … with the advowson of the church belonged to the bishops of Ely, and the sub-manors of Hockholds (Colvile's), Rickards, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1109 when Wisbech vill was divided between the Bishop of Ely and the prior and convent. That this separation had not … by a portico porch. MANORS On the division of the Ely estates between the bishop and the convent, half the vill … transferred to the newly constituted Dean and Chapter of Ely. 12 In the early part of the 17th century the manor was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ii, 153. The Commissioners of Sewers ordered the Bishop of Ely to defray one-third of the cost of its upkeep (M. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Hereward. 27 It may have been granted to the see of Ely at its formation, but the original headquarters of the … 1399-1401, 534. The conditions were the same in 1446 ( Ely Dioc. Remembrancer, Nos. 208, p. 181; 229, p. 131). S.C. 6/1132/10 and /13. Bp.'s Mun., Ely, D 7. Bentham, Ely, 181. No trace of this building …