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A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 … of the river, had become dangerous, and there were demands for a bridge. 2 A temporary bridge, opened by George V in … 8 In 1584 the lord of Wivenhoe manor was entitled to levies on ships for anchorage in the port, driftwood, and …
A History of the County of Essex
… higher. 50 In the 16th century bequests were often made for relieving the poor, 51 and weekly collections are recorded for poor relief from 1577; regular cash payments and relief … they be set to work. 54 In 1726 Nicholas Corsellis granted for the use of the poor a cottage lying between Wivenhoe …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who, after a judicial combat at Salisbury, was executed for high treason, was lord of the principal part of this … of the Duke of Beaufort: the tithes have been commuted for 327. 12.; there is a parsonage-house, and the glebe … 251 acres woodland; the soil is clay, producing excellent wheat, and there is some very fine oak-timber. Stone is …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve bovats. 1 There afterwards Warner … which Roger had a Charter of Free Warren the same year for Wallaton and Cossale in this County, Eyum and Riselle in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is described below. There is no early evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been … in 1358 may have been part of the process: in return for land at Ailmerswell, Horestone, and Hawsland ditch in the … the 19th century is not known, but in 1592 a tenant had wheat in King's Bush furlong and barley at Fuller's Well, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… almost immediately and continued into the 1990s, when, not for the first time, a further boundary extension was being … since in 1086 the western manor, Ditton Camoys, had land for 16 ploughteams but only 5 at work. 28 The c. 650 a. of … and a millstone were bought at Newmarket and Bury, wheat was carted and animals were driven for sale to Brandon …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Ditton Camoys in 1291 had 32 villeins each holding 15 a. for weekwork and other services, and free tenants and molmen … 1398-9 (sowing) Tenant of Ditton Valence 1465 (distraint) Wheat 48 a. 47 32¼ a. 29 60 a. 26 80½ a. 35 84 a. 38 6 a. 32 … 100 per cent because of rounding. The field system allowed for variety and flexibility in the cereals grown in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… in the woodland at an early date. In 1066 there was arable for 2 ploughs on the demesne and for the relatively large number of 13 on the rest of the … mid 18th century the fields had been inclosed with hedges. Wheat, oats, and peas were being grown for the London market, …
A History of the County of Essex
… the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits of justice 1 and, from the … that the manor was provided with the necessary instruments for correction and punishment, such as tumbrel and gallows, … could be carried to Waltham gaol. 3 Court rolls exist for 12701, 1581, 1606, 161568, and 172732, 4 and court books …
A History of the County of Sussex
… or farm name Ryddens mentioned in 1604. 99 There was land for nine ploughteams at Woodmancote manor in 1086. 1 The … much as the tithe of lambs and fleeces in 1340. 5 Barley, wheat, and oats were apparently grown in 1374, 6 and wheat in … head of poultry were listed in 1975, nearly all hens for laying. 42 Allotments managed by the parish council …