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A History of the County of Berkshire
… 39 and it is not possible to decide whether Windsor Castle or Corfe Castle was the scene of the tragedy. On the whole it … fiftieth clause of which had mentioned Cygony among the foreigners to whom no office was to be given. The invasion of … until the Reformation. 143 The 'great multitude of people, strangers and others,' entertained by the king on this …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as 'Welle' or 'Welles', and today they are absolutely continuous, so … (via Emneth) a built-up area almost continuous for the 7 or 8 miles of its course. Except for the two churches, Beaupr … 11 Outwell was probably the birthplace of Robert Wells or Steward (d. 1557), the last Prior and first Dean of Ely. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from the west, but rising to 25 ft. above sea-level, or some 15 to 20 ft. above the surrounding fen. Reclamation … Ages what is now the parish of THORNEY was of little or no account except as the site and home farm or demesne of the abbey, 30 and references to it apart from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… £200 on a new sluice, which was broken by a sea flood in or before 1523, 4 but by 1566 there was a certain amount of … expensive. 6 An undated 'breife description of the notable or most famus rivers fallinge into the Fennes' in a volume of … that the level of the river bed had been raised 6 ft. or more by silting, so that the inland water was no longer …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 84 were 'cyphering'. In 1815 it was decided to appoint one or more monthly visitors from among the subscribers 'whose …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the power to levy 4 d. toll on foreign ships entering or leaving the port. Since the blocking of the Well Stream, … was not rebuilt on a lavish scale as happened at Boston or Louth. It was only with the scientific draining of the … number and range of trades, though smaller than in Lynn or Boston, were larger than those practised anywhere else in …
A History of the County of Sussex
… cover remained in 1978 in the wide strips of wood, or 'rews', which divided the fields. The home park on the … of Buncton, contains at least two buildings of the 17th or 18th centuries, besides some 19th-century cottages and a … outside the parish. Nineteen villeins each paid 16 d. or 24 d. rent a year besides goods in kind for a 'ferling' of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as well as more obvious rivals such as Burford, Bicester, or Abingdon (then Berks.). Even by the 1540s and 1550s, when … in the 16th century and later drawn from the town or immediate area. 11 From the 17th century Witney maintained … a new fulling mill in Hailey. 27 Other leading fullers or clothiers acquired mills in surrounding villages: the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with some leading clothiers operating on a national or international scale. More general resurgence of the town's … evidence, apparently incomers from surrounding villages or rival towns: toponymics in or before the 1250s included Woodstock and Burford, Abingdon …