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A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… The living is a discharged vicarage, rated in the king's books at 12. 9. 9.; patron, the Bishop of St. Asaph: the … the interest of which, together with a rent-charge of 10 s. bequeathed by Edward Hughes, is paid to the master of the … with roofing-slate of excellent quality, of which two quarries are at present open, affording employment to about …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… county of Berks, of which it is the county town, 6 miles (S.) from Oxford, 26 (N. W. by N.) from Reading, and 56 (W. N. … king of Wessex; on which institution Ceadwalla, the king's son and successor, bestowed the town and its appendages. … the site was afterwards given, by Edward VI., to Christ's hospital in this town. The Guild of the Holy Cross was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the wapentake of Osgoldcross, W. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) from Pontefract; containing 1828 inhabitants. This … quality is abundant, and there are some extensive quarries of it at Moor Top, in the parish. The village, which …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… entirely rural and, despite the proximity of the county's main north-south route through the Stretton gap, fairly … Quinny or Marsh brook marks the central part of the parish's north-western boundary where the land falls steeply down … gap, drained by the brook. The southern part of the parish's north-eastern boundary is defined by Mar or Marsh 2 brook. …
Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Dean & Chapter of Wells
… acceptavit fees, usually received by the steward, and 40 s. for the second audit, shall be his full satisfaction and … that Mr. Winchcombe, the vicar of St. Cuthbert's, is this yeare at greate charges in paying his first-fruits … late canon residentiary, spent this year in marble quarries for [the pavement of] the high altar of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the parish of Holme-Pierrepoint, union of Bingham, S. division of the wapentake of Bingham and of the county of Nottingham, 3 miles (E. S. E.) from Nottingham; containing 25 inhabitants. The … be traced here in many parts of its course: there are some quarries of red freestone. The living is a vicarage, valued …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… An Iron Age sword with decorated scabbard mounts (Piggott's Group V or 'Battersea' type) was found in 1968 in the … (1978), 169). *c(24) Enclosures and Ditches (TL 003815), S.W. of the village, on river gravel at about 40 m. above OD. … to NM. They were probably found in about 1908 in ironstone-quarries W. of the town ( Northants. Archaeol., 13 (1978), …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… PAGE 8, line 14. One half part of the mansion of Scott's hall , with the chapel, was pulled down by Sir John … Bladbean is now in the possession of Mr. George Sayer's widow. PAGE 109, last line. The Rev, Thomas Tournay is …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth, 1601-3
… to learn their doings, and enclose a copy of Maxwell's answer and of my letter. He declares his falsehood therein, … affairs are to be ordered. John Clydesdale, the Governor's brother, was with me during that service and showed himself … continue their services. It appears by my Lord Lieutenant's letters to me that my son's report to him of our overthrow …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… with the amount paid for carriage, &c.; total, 10 l. 5 s. 8 d. [1 page.] Dec. 10. 90. The King to the Commissioners … a lease in reversion for Ambrose Jenney, one of the King's footmen, without fine, of the tenement called Caggs, at … [Note of a request by] Cuthbert Armourer and Robt. Rayne, huntsman [for the benefit of the recusancy of] Geo. Jackson, …