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A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1563 granted to Robert Lord Dudley, afterwards Earl of Leicester, 15 from whom it was at once purchased by Sir …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… two plough-lands in Catterall from John de Knyttecote of Leicester; Final Conc. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), i, 176. … the manor of Catterall in 1306, Master John de Leicester and Christiana his wife being concerned; De Banco …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Cockerham to the recentlyfounded house of Austin Canons at Leicester, St. Mary's de Pr. 6 The grant was in 1156 … one plough-land each. They were acquired by the canons of Leicester, and became merged in the manor and township of … and Ches.), i, 4. Dugdale, Mon. vi, 462. The chartulary of Leicester Abbey in the Bodleian (MS. Laud. H 72) states that …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… 1789, when Thomas William Coke, 14 afterwards Earl of Leicester, sold the greater part to Lord Grey de Wilton, who …
A History of the County of Stafford
… payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. William of Leicester, a canon of Lichfield (d. by 1342), granted the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Dawson, B.A. (St. John's College, Camb.) oc. 1716 James Leicester, B.A. 57 (St. John's College, Camb.) 1719 Thomas …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 17556. 40 Five religious houses held lands in Ellel. Leicester Abbey, perhaps in right of the chapel, had land, … and was included by William de Lancaster in his gift to Leicester Abbey. 61 The lords of the manor in 1292 … Holland had a manor-house at Cockshoots, for the canons of Leicester allowed him an oratory there for the term of his …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the early 16th century it was part of the route from Leicester to Lichfield. 54 In 1599 the road was described as … still ran through Fisherwick park in 1766, but by then the Leicester-Lichfield route was along the road running east and … 256 In 1804 the stock at the farm included 30 dairy cows, Leicester sheep, and some 50 horses, among them racehorses. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… tenants. 14 They came to an agreement with the canons of Leicester as to the tithes of the township, 15 and from that … Switheleshead and Ulfthwaite. The two houses, Leicester and Cockersand, had the churches of Cockerham and … Cockerham should have the tithes, the Abbot and convent of Leicester paying a mark yearly to Cockersand by way of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Richard was living at Ashbourne (Derb.) and in 1784 at Leicester, where he died in 1787. 48 He was succeeded by his … ewes, 50 theaves, and several rams, all apparently of the Leicester breed, and 10 blackfaced wethers, 10 Scotch …