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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a pelican; all …
A Dictionary of London
… VI. 1547 (Lond. I. p.m. I. 100). No later record. Wrestler's Court South out of London Wall, west of Carpenters' Hall (O. and M 1677-Boyle, 1799). Called "Wrestley's Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at 7. 8. 6., and in the patronage of the Crown. The … next before Michaelmas-day. Wycombe, though governed by a mayor in the reign of Edward III., received its first regular … mayor is returning officer. The powers of the county debt-court of Wycombe, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… south-west of Cockshutt Piece and north-east of Ball's coppice. In the earlier 19th century there was some … district council. In 1650 there were 12 cottagers at Pain's Lane on Watling Street. In 1836 the place was said to have … part of Wrockwardine Wood. 17 Even in 1847, however, Pain's Lane remained a crossroads settlement and the laying out of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… In 1255 Hamon le Strange did no suit to shire or hundred court, and c. 1285 John le Strange held a court with pleas of … of land; he received a tree from the demesne for each year's service. 31 T. F. Dukes, the Shropshire antiquary, was … of the poor were appointed in 1669 and disbursed £31 3 s. 3 d. on pensions, house repairs, paupers' burials, and the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the southern boundary of Wrockwardine was called the 'king's boundary' 74 and the king retained the manor of … centre, and was perhaps the site of Cynddylan's hall of Pengwern, burnt by the Mercians c. 660. 77 The … by 1822 the manor had been reunited by William Cludde, mayor of Shrewsbury in 1795 and high sheriff in 1814. He died …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bradford, wapentake of Morley, W. riding of York, 4 miles (S.) from Bradford; containing 2330 inhabitants. It is about … century, by John Curteys, lord of the manor, and mayor of the staple at Calais, in France. Wymondham (St. … pillars at the angles. The powers of the county debt-court of Wymondham, established in 1847, extend over part of …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Wymersley' was said to have been formerly leased at 40 s., which sum had been raised 20 years before to 10 marks, 4 … of the hundred were compelled to attend the three-weekly court of Wymersley; the jurors alleged that this practice …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 1 Three and a quarter of its 8¼ hides were part of Warenne's land, forming two estates both called Benefield (later in … of the usual 12. 20 In the early 14th century the hundred court punished a breach of the assize of bread with the … at Warninglid in Slaugham, was exacted by the bishop's bailiff and pilloried at Henfield. 21 In 1598 the hundred …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649