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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Conquest, Aldingham was granted to Michael Flandrensis or le Fleming, sometimes called de Furness, who is supposed … At the time of the Domesday survey, this was a berewic, or corn-farm, annexed to the manor of Offenham, and held by … a kind of red clay, well adapted for the finer sort of flower-pots, tiles, &c.; it is thirty feet deep, and makes, …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… that Hugh and Joan were in seisin of the rent by her hands or her tenants', but in 1287 she summoned Roger son of … and on his death in 1662 to his daughter and sole heir, Flower, who married successively William Bishop (d. 1661), … Griffith came to an agreement with Lord Cornbury and Dame Flower his wife, holding in her own right, over the property …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… parish), bounded to the N. by William Joymer's land (4 or 5) and to the S. by the land of Joceus son of Peter Serlon … Sir William Backhouse married his second cousin, Flower, widow of William Bishop (d.1661), and daughter of … landlords, Henry Hyde, Lord Cornbury, and his wife Dame Flower, widow of Sir William Backhouse, Bt. (d.1669), who had …
Historical gazetteer of London before the Great Fire
… 10 From about this time the property was known as the Bull or the Bull on the Hoop, and later as the Whole Bull. In 1356 … 2 garrets, one with a jetty towards the street and 'posts, flower, and reabus' to the same, probably a decorative … the description of the jetty to the street and the 'posts, flower, and reabus' in the garret were omitted. Gilbert …
Historical Account of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
… in which the dedication of this church to All Hallow or All Saints originated are unknown, nor can any … unanimously, that "the propriety of building a new, or repairing the present church," be referred to the … was the last incumbent, and had a pension of 3, 10 s. or 18 s. 6 d. per annum. This John Pulhore, in 1346, was …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… 14th century. The West Tower was added late in the 15th or early in the 16th century. The church was restored in 1880 … corbels. The West Tower (15 ft. square) is of late 15th or early 16th-century date, and of two stages with an … inscribed, "Ave gratia plena," also a crucifix; late 13th or early 14th-century; at top Jacobean cartouche with …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… term since the sixteenth century typifying bitterness or great trial. Valuations varied enormously, ranging from 9d … the fragrant heart-wood of Aquilaria, that is ALOES WOOD or LIGNALOES, also known as 'Agila wood' and 'Eagle wood'. … of Aloe chinensis and Aloe vera, by boiling the juice or by making a decoction of the leaves. It is said to be …
A History of the County of Stafford
… name Alstonefield is Old English, meaning Alfstan's feld or open ground and perhaps reflecting the situation of the … club appears to have been formed in 1926. 51 An annual flower show held in August or September was started in 1894. … to the tenant, Ralph Adams, who sold it in 1984 to Robert Flower. 93 The present house is of the 19th century, but the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… is set on a barn attached to the 19th-century farmhouse, or on that of Big Fernyford, which is of the 18th or early 19th century. Further upstream Lower Fleetgreen, a house partly of the 17th century, probably stands on or near the site of a house called Fleetgreen in 1514. 52 By …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… now blocked; at the E. end of the wall are the late 15th or early 16th-century upper and lower doorways to the …
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