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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) from London; containing 2296 inhabitants. This place, …
Survey of London
… granted to the Bishop of Winchester and his successors a stretch of land in Southwark extending from the precincts of St. Mary's Church on the east to the Manor of Paris Garden (the end of … the Clinke then was." 105 Cal. of Close Rolls. Cal. of L. and P., Henry VIII. Cal. of Patent Rolls. Stow's Survey of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads … purposes; the Cathedral Close as well as St. Mary's College and Wolvesey Palace (previously extra-parochial) … castles or set saltirewise. Conjecture alone furnishes a description of 'Caer Gwent,' the Celtic Winchester, and …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester St Mary's College ST. MARY'S COLLEGE Immediately south-west of … of St. Mary, founded by William of Wykeham in 1387 on a site bought of the Prior and convent of St. Swithun, … in heroic couplets, probably of the year 1778, gives its meaning: The Trusty Servant's portrait would you see This …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the Great, in A.D. 856 1 there is no authentic evidence of its existence … provides, are that fourteen of the burgesses paid 25 s. to the abbey of Romsey, 9 that the abbey of Wherwell held … Ralph Basset, Geoffrey Ridel and William de Pont de l'Arche were keeping up their interest in the burgesses. The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… was founded in 1136 by Henry of Blois, and consisted of a church with hospital buildings on the south side. Nothing … of the triforium. With the exception of Butterfield's restoration, no change has taken place since the 15th … on the underside of the foot are engraved the initials I.W.L. and the arms, a cross between four crosslets (this paten …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be … 'for the liveries of Nicholas the keeper of the king's house at Windsor.' The existence of a chapel within the … stands an elaborate alabaster font, designed by Mr. J. L. Pearson and given in memory of the Rev. F. Anson, for …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The work at the castle was advanced enough for its use as a royal residence before the end of the 11th century, and … Archbishop of Canterbury, who to the Bishop of Salisbury's claim that Windsor Castle was in his diocese successfully … cit. i, 41516. Tighe and Davis, op. cit. i, 434 et seq. L. and P. Hen. VIII, i, 1103. Many characteristic stories of …
Survey of London Monograph
… now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: Edward III's (Edward of Windsor) sun-burst, that is, golden sunrays shooting from a bank of cloud. 1. ANDREW ( temp. Ed. III). See Norroy (3). … only assessed at 40 and Norroy at 40 goods and 20 fees ( L. & P. Hen. VIII, iii, 2486). (See D.N.B.; etc.) Arms: …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxiv. N.W. (b)xxiv. N.E. (c)xxiv. S.W.) Ecclesiastical … in one room, but has been much altered; the plan is now L-shaped, but may have been originally rectangular. …