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A History of the County of Shropshire
… new minster church, 36 perhaps with the assistance of Earl Leofric (d. 1057), 37 or after. 38 The new church was built … of W. Midlands, p. 198), recorded a refoundation by Leofric: Gesta Regum (Rolls Ser.), i. 237. Cranage's dating …
The Manuscripts of Rye and Hereford Corporations, etc.
… of that truly patriot-Lady Godwina ( sic), the wife of Leofric, a Mercian Earl, who, to recover the franchises of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was founded here, which was subsequently endowed by Earl Leofric, as a priory of monks subordinate to Ely. About 1113, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… designated "the Key of the North;" it was repaired by Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who was governor and lord of this district in the reign of Edward the Confessor. Leofric and Godiva his wife gave the town to the monastery of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… there were various metal-workers in the town of Newnham. Leofric the smith of Newnham granted four houses with a forge …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 4647. The pre-Conquest grants of Newnham by Cnut and Earl Leofric relate to another Newnham: see p. 36, n. 51. Dom. Bk. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… have been held by a succession of men surnamed of Staure: Leofric and William in the later 12th century, 30 Gilbert in … Newnham is said to have been granted by Cnut and by Earl Leofric: Woods, Newnham, 9; Atkyns, Glos. 575-6. The grants …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the church or as heir to his father Robert and grandfather Leofric. 42 The gift was confirmed in 1186 for the support of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… about twenty years ago. 67 Manors Earl Alfgar, son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, is given in Domesday as the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… of the vill was subsequently given or confirmed by Earl Leofric to the abbey, who held it in 1086 as 2 hides. 6 At …