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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… town to the height of twenty feet, attended with loss of life and the destruction of much valuable property. The town …
A History of the County of Sussex
… passed by 1303 to Hugh de Croft, 85 who in 1307 granted a life interest to Andrew of Medstead in the manor of Bilsham, … 30 Sept. 1955. Inf. from Mrs. S. Hocking, Yapton. Suss. Life, Jan. 1967, p. 27; The Times, 29 Nov. 1971; B. Smith and …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Howard (d. 1542) and in 1544 to Queen Catherine Parr for life. 14 In 1547 the reversion was granted to the Queen's … Jael Berkeley (d. 1705) settled her share on herself for life with remainder to Sir William, in return for an annuity … the manor to his nephew William Beach (d. c. 1790) for life with remainder to William's son William Withers Beach …
A History of the County of Oxford
… than laxity. 91 A revival of conventional church life began belatedly with the presentation in 1878 of James … Revised, ed. A. G. Matthews, 300; D.N.B. D.N.B.; Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 151; Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… no. 25 For the significance of the mowing days in village life, see above, Intro. Charlett, Statutory Declaration; H. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the ages of 5 to 9. 71 Wood, Athenae Oxon. i. 636; Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 151; above, Church. O.R.O., MS. Oxf. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rung 87 times on 4 January, once for each year of his life. 49 Yarnton was dominated for the first half of the 19th … kindly supplied by Mr. J. Walter, Univ. of Essex. Wood's Life, ii (O.H.S. xxi), 189. Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. 314. … Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. 276-7. D.N.B.; W. Pittis, Life of John Radcliffe (1715), 9-10. O.R.O., MS. d.d. Par. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 127; Harl. Soc. v. 127-8. Cal. Pat. 1572-5, p. 339; Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 217-18; Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. … (priv. print. 1981). O.R.O., Dash. XV/i/30-42, 45; Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 218. For an acct. of Dashwood fam. see … Westgate Libr., Oxford, TS. list of lords of manor. Wood's Life, i (O.H.S. xix), 217. Hearne's Colln. vi. 187; Ch. and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… O.R.O., Cal. Oxf. Presentation Deeds II, f. 104. Wood's Life, iii (O.H.S. xxvi), 73. Wood, Athenae Oxon. (3rd edn. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 88 (d. 1387). In 1377 Sir Baldwin granted the manor for life to Thomas Preston, 89 later for life to John Preston (d. 1411). 90 The reversion passed to … the manor on Agnes and on John Russell apparently for life. 40 John Burden's heir was his daughter Cecily, whose …