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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Roger de Mynors to hold by the service of a sore goshawk or 20 s. annual rent. Roger was succeeded by his son William, … partitioned at her death c. 1260 among the three daughters or their heirs and assigns. 68 Isabel granted her share of … granted with the abbey's other possessions to Sir William Kingston, 70 who died in 1540, and it was then confirmed to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Cathedral 87 and the rectory was probably immediately, or shortly afterwards, appropriated to the office of … the estate in Westbury later known as Rectory, Parsonage, or Chantry manor. 98 In 1342 the rectory was valued at £36 16 … father. 24 Two years later Roger settled the chapel upon himself and his wife Maud. 25 Thenceforth it passed with …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and dearness of food, claiming that they depended entirely upon the cloth trade 'which is become as nothing'. 78 There … men were no doubt only in a small way of business, but one or two were among the more important Wiltshire clothiers of … Westbury's Inclosure Award small plots of land adjoining or in front of their cottages. 18 In 1840 there were still …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1334 there were besides the town of Westbury eleven vills or tithings liable for taxation. These were Bratton, … the 19th century; Penleigh remained a distinct hamlet or tithing until the end of the 17th century when it was … been in those parts which were situated in, or converged upon, the town. In 1835 it was reported that the burgages lay …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… to Monkton Farleigh. 78 This estate called SEWELLS or SHEWELLS probably originated in the holding of the family … rent in Westbury, Heywood, Bratton, and Leigh were settled upon Walter Sewale and Emma his wife with remainder in tail … Ley who was seised of it, then apparently called Shewells or Sewells, at the time of his death in 1629. 85 The exact …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and Bremeridge. 47 Other unrecorded grants by Henry II or his predecessors gave rise to the manors of Leigh, … survived her husband and married secondly John Bache upon whom she settled the manor in 1392. 71 John Bache died … with Hall's other Wiltshire estates to the Duke of Kingston. 57 In about 1745 Evelyn, Duke of Kingston, sold the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… manors of the Wessex kingdom, Westbury developed urban or semiurban institutions at a comparatively early date. … tax lists distinguish between the tithing or township of Westbury on the one hand, and the borough of … late in the 20th century many residents remained dependent upon well-water. Throughout the early years of the century …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 28 Conventicles met during this period in private houses or barns, usually in out-ofthe-way places. In 1669 a number … of Anabaptists met at the house of Roger Cutter (Cator or Cater), their preacher, and a group calling themselves … to be spent on coats, bearing the testator's cloth-mark upon the sleeve. In 1834 a scheme was made for this charity, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Surrey; containing 341 inhabitants. Westenhanger, or Ostenhanger (St. Thomas Becket) WESTENHANGER, or Ostenhanger ( St. Thomas Becket), anciently a parish, now … crops are tolerably good, and numerous sheep are pastured upon the adjoining commons. The Yowards were anciently …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 3 12' (W. Lon.), and includes an area of 763 square miles, or 488,320 statute acres. There are 10,849 inhabited houses, … chiefly used for burning limestone, is procured. Bordering upon the river Kent, about three miles below Kendal, a bed of … slates are conveyed by sea to Liverpool, London, Lynn, Hull, &c, and by land into Cumberland, Northumberland, …