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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… Wyncestre, formerly wife of John his brother, his tenement in the parish of S. Olave in Silverstrate for a term of five years after his decease; … II. Co. Derby. Now Sermon Lane; a corruption, according to Stow, of Sheremoniers Lane, so called from those who cut and …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… King and Martyr [20 Nov.]. Shrouesbury (John).To be buried in S. John's Chapel in the church of S. Andrew in Holbourne. To Alice his wife … St. Edmund, co. Suffolk, corrupted into "Bevis Markes" (Stow). 1 Or Dovedale. So called from its original possessor, …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Virgin [20 July]. Heylesdon (John de), mercer.To be buried in the church of Heylesdon 1 near the tomb of his father and … and other vills adjoining, to every mendicant friar in the cities of London and Norwich, to the old work of S. … so called from its being the property of the Crown, for Stow records a grant by King Henry IV. to certain mercers of …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Dadyngton (John), tailor.To Juliana his wife tenements in Lymebrynnerslane in the parish of S. Sepulchre in the suburb, and in the … spanned the Fleet. 4 On the west side of Smithfield, says Stow, were fair inns and country buildings as far as "Hosiar …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… clothworker.Certain tenements near "the ould Swanne" in the parish of S. Laurence Poultney, which he had purchased … of the issues and profits of the same to the uses declared in the will of Sir James Lancaster aforesaid, viz., fifteen … of a manor situate at the north-east corner of Mark Lane (Stow's 'Survey,' Thoms's ed., 1876, p. 57). 1 Prior to the …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… power of appointment leaves to her husband a life interest in a certain tenement called "the Starr" in Colemanstreet in the parish of S. Stephen; remainder to … of copperas (sulphate of iron). 2 A grammar school at Stow-on-the-Wold was also founded by him. 3 It was probably …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… [21 March]. Bolton (Christopher), skinner.To be buried in the parish church cloister of All Hallows "the more" in Thamystrete. To his natural 1 mother, Johanne Bolton, … I, fol. 227 b). 3 A woman of this nickname, says Stow, for many years kept a victualling shop in Tower Street …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… east to west, and 1 miles from north to south. Its area in 1878 was 1,637 a. and that of the civil parish in 1951 was 2,294 a. 2 The population in 1801 was 99, and it rose slowly to 205 in 1951. There was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward … Wilton (St. James) WILTON ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Thetford, hundred of Grimshoe, W. division of … living is a discharged rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Stow-Bardolph, and valued in the king's books at 5. 6. 8.: …
The Environs of London
… one of its early proprietors. I have seen ancient records in which the name of Wimbaldus occurs. Dune in the Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, … Antiquities of Surrey, vol. i. p. 15. Continuation of Stow's Annals. It is remarkable that Wimbledon-house, in …