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A History of the County of Stafford
… Burton-upon-Trent Established church ST. MODWEN AND HER CULT Modwen, an Irish abbess returning from a … Andresey, an Old English name meaning 'Andrew's isle', and to have dwelt there as an anchoress. She departed for … leaving Andresey in the care of two female companions, and died, but her body was brought back for burial on …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Although there was prehistoric activity in the Burton area and a Roman road ran through the later parish, it seems that … refounded as a monastery at the turn of the 11th century, and in the late 12th century the abbey established a borough. … Part of Horninglow then became a suburb, as did Stapenhill and Winshill on the Derbyshire side of the river later in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cambridgeshire Cambridge CAMBRIDGE, a university, borough, and markettown, having separate jurisdiction, and forming a union and hundred of itself, in the county of Cambridge, on the …
Old and New London
… Camden Town and Kentish Town CHAPTER XXIV. CAMDEN TOWN AND KENTISH TOWN. "Vix rure urbem dignoscere possis." Camden … Henry VIII., his marriage with Anne Boleyn, the fires for heretics in Smith field, the death of Cardinal Wolsey, and …
Calendar, Committee for Compounding
… enough in the depositions for a charge against him, and the seizing of his estate, but request the County … not convict him, unless by examination of his servants and acquaintance, it can be proved that he was privy to the … to rise when the gentry and the church were in danger, and heretics and sectaries disturbed the church's peace. With his …
A History of the County of Essex
… keep was built of rubble, including much septaria, stone, and tile taken from Roman buildings, with dressings of ashlar and tile. The Crown kept possession of the castle until 1101 … perhaps opponents of the Despensers, in 1326, and heretics in 1428. 21 Later prisoners included Robert Mantell …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… Ireland, in consideration of 22 years' service to the King and his father in Ireland, of a yearly pension of 100 l. for life, to commence at Michaelmas, 1550, and to be paid out of the revenues of the county palatine of … order in that realm as it is in France, for punishment of heretics and traitors as he calls them, amongst whom the …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… Cecil Papers 1572 1572 Michell Evans to Lord Burghley and Sir Walter Mildmay. [After 1572.] As to the lease of the … Earl of Northumberland. [Before 1572.] Thomas Blackwell and one Walpole, his brother-in-law, were with me at Topclyff … was about buying of cattle to be driven into the south; and like enough it was so, for that he was so much absent …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… resident within their wards, their trades of living and of what churches they are. The answers of the masters and wardens of the several companies within the city of … Soc. of London Publications, Vol. X. Part II, pp. 314341.] Heretics. [1583.] MS entitled "How heretics ought to be …
Calendar of the Cecil Papers in Hatfield House
… 15867, Jan. 17. Sends amount of bonds due in his office, and note of payments to be made to the cofferer; and prays him to procure payment of the debts herewith sent. … James Segur, proctor of the King of Navarre in Germany, and Horatio Palavicino envoy of the Queen of England. Recites …