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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… ON THE HILL Burrough on the Hill lies on the western edge of the uplands of east Leicestershire, about twelve miles … There were four holdings in Burrough in 1086. Henry de Ferrers's under-tenant Roger held 2 carucates and 3 bovates, … of 17, including 7 bordars and 5 villeins. Henry de Ferrers's undertenant Roger and Herbert the serjeant each had …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Overy BURTON OVERY Burton Overy is seven miles south-east of Leicester. The village stands on rising ground which forms … property in Burton Overy. Margaret, wife of William (de Ferrers), Earl of Derby, obtained 2 virgates held by Osbert … by the Ferrers family, and then by the family of Grey of Groby, which succeeded to the Ferrers lands, 26 until after …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 2 ploughteams were worked by 9 villani. There were 16 a. of meadow, and woodland measured 1/2 league in both length and breadth. The value of the manor had increased from £3 in 1066 to £3 10 s. in … century it was held by Daniel Ridgley and in the 1640s by Ferrers Ridgley (d. 1645). 8 The lessee in 1669 was Solomon …
A History of the County of Stafford
… A minster church was refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey … promptly driven out by the forces of Gell and Lord Grey of Groby, commander-in-chief of the East Midlands Association. … by the newly-married Robert Shirley (from 1787 Earl Ferrers): his son and his sister's negro servant were …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the late 18th century by William Sketchley, the author of The Cocker, a manual on game cocks, 13 and mains of cocks were held during race week in the 1820s. 14 The … formed in 1886. Since the 1960s it has performed at De Ferrers high school (Dove campus) in Horninglow, and has …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BURTON, BISHOP ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Beverley, Hunsley-Beacon division of the wapentake of … of the county of Northampton, 6 miles (N. W.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 965 inhabitants. This place derives its … here. The parish is intersected by the road from Higham-Ferrers to Kettering, and comprises by computation 2300 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Buttolphs BUTTOLPHS, a parish, in the union and hundred of Steyning, rape of Bramber, W. division of Sussex, 1 mile (S. E.) from … the Norman survey, the lands were the property of Henry de Ferrers; at present not less than seven manors are either …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1524, D.D. (sup. Jan. or Feb.) 1525-6, Cistercian abbot of Newenham, Devon. See Fasti, i. 71; & O.H.S. i. 134, 142. … B.A. 5 Feb., 1623-4, sequestered to the rectory of Woodham Ferrers, which he resigned about 2 May, 1646, for his living … 1607, vicar of Winsford, Somerset, 1594, rector of Woodham Ferrers, Essex, 1601-27, chaplain to Queen Elizabeth, James …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… Calais under Edward III List of Officers LIST OF OFFICERS The dates are the earliest … 1356 John de Beauchamp Ib, III, i, 315 1358-1361 Ralph de Ferrers Ib, III, i, 389 1369 Henry Lescrope Ib, III, ii, 881, … 294 1356 John de Beauchamp Ib, III, i, 316 1358 Ralph de Ferrers Ib, III, i, 389 1361 Thomas de Kingston Ib, III, ii, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… CALDBECK ( St. Kentigern), a parish, in the union of Wigton, Allerdale ward below Derwent, W. division of Cumberland; containing 1553 inhabitants, of whom 282 are … of Chelveston, union of Thrapston, hundred of Higham-Ferrers, N. division of the county of Northampton; containing …