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A History of the County of Oxford
… against the des Praux practice of making an 'inhook' or hitch crop on the furlong called Costowe (later Costers, on … the rotation was one of three crops and a fallow. A 'horse hitch' was ordered, every yardland contributing a land, and commons being allowed for c. 80 horses; in 1692 the hitch was fairly close to the village at Great Pool, but in …
A History of the County of Surrey
… to James Jolliffe and others, 27 possibly trustees for Hitch Young. 28 In 1759 it passed to the latter's … in Chan. 1733, pt. B. 6, no. 9. Manning and Bray say that Hitch Young bought it c. 1737; Hist. of Surr. ii, 56. Com. …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Roehampton (d. 1746) father of Lady Bouverie, and Hitch Young (d. 1759) brother to Mrs. Clarke, and in the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 122 Gregory settled Harston Hall farm on his younger son Hitch Wale (d. s.p. 1749), 123 but the manorial rights passed … to his elder son Thomas (d. 1796), who also succeeded Hitch in the farm. 124 From Thomas the estate passed to his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cow-pasture should be inclosed and set out, that a 'horse hitch' should be taken out of the fallow each year, and that … was to be deducted from their shepherd's wages. The horse-hitch was to be 'mounded' and prepared by everyone sharing in … nor on the stubble field before Michaelmas, nor on the hitch when sown, nor on any greensward after mowing, save for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… comprised the whole of the arable; 163 and some kind of a 'hitch' evidently existed as early as 1263. 164 A … in 1586; 165 but it is only from 1619 that the 'pease hitch' suddenly becomes a regular feature, alternating … In 1638, however, an agreement is recorded for the pease hitch to follow an eight-year cycle, approximately a quarter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wigmore a house and land there which he left to his son Hitch Wale (d. 1749), with remainder to his other son Thomas. 76 In 1765 Thomas leased the house from Hitch's widow who had a life interest. 77 Thomas, a Riga …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Giles (d. s.p. 1691), successive Lords Alington. 130 The Hitch family had been leasing the manors from the mid 17th century 131 and in 1703 Richard Hitch bought them from Giles's sisters and coheirs Diana, … Hawkes. Richard died in 1716, and their infant son Hawkes Hitch in 1718, and Mary married Sir John Hatton (d. 1740), …