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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, … vicinity of this town; in which, according to Burnet's History of his own Times, was shed the first blood in the … largely towards its erection. The site, originally called Higham, was, by the munificence of that monarch, surrounded …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in separate rooms except for meals and for half an hour's exercise before dinner and supper. After the Armada, … 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 Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Alvington and Lancaut consolidated, valued in the king's books at 13. 11. 5., and in the gift of the Duke of … a parish, in the union of Wellingborough, hundred of Higham-Ferrers, N. division of the county of Northampton, 3 miles (S. S. E.) from Wellingborough; containing 1120 inhabitants. …
A History of the County of Essex
… paid a money rent 8 and sent one man to work in the lord's meadow at hay-time and two or three men to the boon works, … 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
… committee bought the freehold of the premises. 15 St. Paul's Church of England school, Woodford Bridge, was opened in … was opened in 1913 for boys from the local Dr. Barnardo's Home. In 1946 the boys were transferred to other Woodford … juniors and infants, and renamed Roding. 32 St. Anthony's Roman Catholic school, Mornington Road, was opened in 1900 …
A History of the County of Essex
… portion of the village towards the river. The rector's glebe was also at this end of Woodford. The church and … building there until it, in turn, was replaced by Bancroft's school in 1889. 33 After the break-up of the Wanstead House … Elms stands a stucco house of c. 1800, formerly called Higham Villa, and in Links Road are several cottage pairs of …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the … substance, but in 1254 the benefice was valued at only 100 s., 13 and in 1291 it was among the poorest livings, being …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 inhabitants. This parish, in … lace-making. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 13. 4.; net income, 317; patron and incumbent, the Rev. E. S. Bunting. The church is an ancient structure, and contains …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… John Prestland, and John Stakhous John Thornton, als. Higham, and Thomas Thornton, als. Higham Manor of Thornton on the Hill and 3 messuages and 3 … John Waterhouse John Gote and Elizabeth his wife 10 s rent in Barnsley and Dodworth. 15089 HILARY TERM, 24 HENRY …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… Letwell, Gyldingwells, Langold, Wallingwells, and St. John's. Robert Mote, gent., and Henry Ryley Walter Stubley and … Lands in Steton. * Thomas Hesketh, esq., attorney of Queen's Court of Wards and Liveries, and Juliana his wife Richard … and Burton. Thomas Hesketh, esq., attorney of Queen's Court of Wards and Liveries, and Juliana his wife Richard …