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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents … favour of the king's son-in-law Edward Henry Lee, earl of Lichfield. 25 The earl was a minor until 1684; and his … and magistrates of Lord Norreys and the earl of Lichfield, and of Lichfield as high steward in 1685. 32 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … king's books at 13. 6. 0., and in the gift of the Earl of Coventry: the tithes have been commuted for 153, and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to St. Mary, existed here in the time of Henry I., and was united in the reign of Edward III. to the convent of … s. 11 d. payable to the vicar, and 81. 4. to the Bishop of Lichfield. Wootton WOOTTON, a township, in the parish of … of Warwick, 3 miles (N.) from Warwick, on the road to Coventry; containing 360 inhabitants. This parish comprises …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, … the parliament. These, being afterwards joined by Lord Coventry with some troops of horse, and expecting further aid … towards Droitwich, and advanced to assist in the siege of Lichfield. The citizens sent messengers for directions to the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… 1203 (Innocent III, Cal. Letters no. 472). Sampson Can. and treas. of Bayeux, and king's chapl. (Will. Malmesbury, G.P. p. 289; Regesta 1 … 402).] Walter de Grey Royal chanc. from 1205. Bp.-el. of Lichfield 1210, 1213. King orders Worcester el. to take …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… ten canons, all of whose prebends were in the king's gift, and were always referred to by their numbers. 1 A few months … diocese, north-east Warwickshire was transferred from Lichfield diocese to that of Worcester, and the archdeaconry of Coventry was annexed and united to this diocese (taking …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1700s The churchwardens and overseers of the poor of the parish of Saint Clement. … whose hands are hereto subscribed being the churchwardens and overseers of the poore and other inhabitants of the … did put up a petition to the right honourable the Earl of Coventry with all our names that are hereunto subscribed to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… see the conquerour made it) had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this land, and twenty-four villains, and eight bord. having twenty-two … Stafford, duke of Buckingham, and died in the city of Coventry the fourth of the kalends [it should be ides] of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the village, comprises 4627 a. 11 p. of arable and pasture land in nearly equal portions; the soil is fertile, producing good crops of wheat, barley, and oats. The village is beautifully situated on elevated … net income, 295; patron and appropriator, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church was rebuilt in 1595, and again in 1832. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… List of illustrations LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES. Wrockwardine Wood was part of the manor, and until 1884 the civil parish, of Wrockwardine. In spite of … Crown's until 1887 when it was conveyed to the bishop of Lichfield, the patron in 1982. 26 The living formally became …