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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. Many of the women and …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… of shaped wood designed to fit across a person's back and shoulders, with a chain hanging from each end onto which a PAIL could be attached and thus carried with less strain. OED earliest date of use: … to clothiers in towns like Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield and Leeds. There the cloths were fulled, frizzed and perhaps …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… TERM, 17 HENRY VIII. Johanna Cotes, wid. Roger Wentworth and Elizabeth his wife 2 messuages, &c., in the city and suburbs of York. JohnConstabull, esq., and Johanna his wife, William Drewry, esq., and Elizabeth his …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Thomas Gresham, clerk, John Hare, Edmond Alexander, and William Southwood William Gascoygne, senr., kt., and Matilda his wife Manor of Thorpe in Balme als. Belthorpe … in Settryngton and Wandesforth. William Rokys Richard Farmer and Anne his wife Manor of Rodyshall and lands in …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… 1576 1576 15756. HILARY TERM, 18 ELIZBETH. Robert Gossoppe and Margaret his wife George Nevill, gent., and Mary his wife, and Anthony Manbye, gent., and Isabel his … Messuage and a cottage in Beverley. William Wylson George Farmer, esq., and Mary his wife 8 messuages with lands in …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… 15834. HILARY TERM, 26 ELIZABETH. * Alvered Birkebye, son and heir apparent of James Birkebye, gent. The same James Birkebye, gent. Messuage and a cottage with lands in the parishes of St. Sampson's and … Moregrange, Cullingworth, Horsford, and Adle. **George Farmer, esq., and Edward Petylawe, gent. Henry Darcy, kt., …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Wilstropp, esq. Manors of Wilstropp als. Wilsthropp and Tockwith and 30 messuages and 6 cottages with lands there. … and 2 cottages with lands in Copmanthorpe. ** Thomas Farmer, esq., and Francis Moore Francis Fyton and Katherine …