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Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXV Instrument setting forth a perpetual chantry in church of the Friars Preachers (1487) XXXV. Instrument setting forth the Foundation by William Stewart, canon of Glasgow, etc., of a perpetual chantry at the high altar of the Church of the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XXXVII Charter of James IV confirming the liberties of the Bishop (1490) XXXVII. Charter by King James IV. … the liberties and privileges granted to the Bishop of Glasgow. Edinburgh, 4 January 148990. [Latin text] Jacobus …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates … apparently, Yarnton. In 1086 Eynsham's estates were held of the bishop by Abbot Columban, but 9 1/2 hides at Yarnton, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter son of Ponz held of the king 3 hides in YELFORD, together with estates in … and Alwoldsbury (in Alvescot or Clanfield) and a piece of land belonging to the royal manor of Bampton, probably the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … his use, and he and twenty of his attendants received the honour of knighthood. In the reign of Edward I., a parliament … with land, for eight aged women. Near Marygate is the Old Maids' hospital, founded in 1725, by Miss Mary Wandesford, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… like a CART or WAIN. HORSEs were attached by the use of a COLLAR, the difference in method resulting from the way the two types of animal apply their tractive power most effectively. By extension the term came to be applied to a pair of animals, especially oxen. 'Yoke' was also the name given …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is divided … after a salute of seven guns had been fired from it in honour of St. George's Day, 'the Tower was sett on fire and …
Survey of London
… Embankment Gardens is now almost the sole surviving relic of the great houses which in the medival and Renaissance … formed the river approach, was originally the town house of the Bishops of Norwich and, like its easterly neighbour, Durham House, it …