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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… largely towards its erection. The site, originally called Higham, was, by the munificence of that monarch, surrounded …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the fifth year of his reign, granted it to William de Ferrers, in whose family it continued till the attainder of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Another lay tenant in Upwell in 1086 was Hermer de Ferrers. His Saxon predecessor Wihenoc had seized ( …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… some of the prisoners being temporarily moved to Sir John Higham's house at Barrow (Suff.), and others allowed 'to walk … abroad to take the ayre at suche tymes and so far as you [Higham] shall thyncke convenyent'. 60 Towards the end of 1598 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… first appears in 1512. It had been settled on Sir Edward Ferrers of Baddesley Clinton (Warws.), 38 who bequeathed it …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a parish, in the union of Wellingborough, hundred of Higham-Ferrers, N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles …
A History of the County of Essex
… on the Woodford side of the boundary with the manor of Higham Bensted in Walthamstow, in the vicinity of the present … in the 17th century to cottages built near it on the Higham Bensted waste. 30 In 1677 the justices ordered the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Elms stands a stucco house of c. 1800, formerly called Higham Villa, and in Links Road are several cottage pairs of …