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A History of the County of Warwick
… of Chester, 5 and they may have been formerly part of Leofric's estates. What was presumably the Corbucion holding …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of Sowe had formed part of its original endowment by Earl Leofric in 1043. 47 In 1086 the priory's estate included a …
Magna Britannia
… this monastery was given, among other possessions, to Leofric the Bishop, and his successors, by Edward the … new cathedral. The King being present in person, enthroned Leofric, the first Bishop of Exeter in the conventual church … who have presided over it. The most eminent of these were, Leofric, who was Lord Chancellor of England; Bartholomew …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Domesday itself records that the manor was held by Leofric, Bishop of Exeter, before the Conquest, and it is … made a charter for the express purpose of allowing Bishop Leofric to grant this land, with a smaller property at … endowment of a minster at that place before into came in Leofric's possession. The Oxfordshire estates of the Bishop …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the archbishop's demesnes, and was held of him by one Leofric, being then taxed at one suling, and esteemed as an …
A History of the County of Hertford
… possession of the crown. Ethelred gave it to Alfric and Leofric his brother, and they granted it to the monastery. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… been destroyed by the Danes, the convent was restored by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, in the time of Edward the Confessor, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… and East Hemesby HEMESBY. Algar Earl of Mercia, son of Leofric Earl of Mercia was lord of Hemesby in the time of …