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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WISBECH ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Wisbech, Isle of Ely, county of Cambridge, 3 miles (N. W.) … land in nearly equal portions; 186 acres are common or waste. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Wisbech … of Brithnod the first abbot, on the admission into that monastery of their son Ailwin, afterwards bishop of Elmham. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … the Nene outfall, to the owners of commonable messuages or tenements in Leverington. Each allotment appears to have … Reynolds (1674-1744), Bishop of Bangor 1721-3 and of Lincoln 1723-44, was the son of a rector. 12 GUILDS …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, … from all claims of the Bishop of Ely and the inhabitants or others claiming under them. The remaining part of the … and the family estates were entrusted to the Bishop of Lincoln, who sold the custody to Anne, John's relict. Anne's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as 'Welle' or 'Welles', and today they are absolutely continuous, so … fishermen at WELLES for the support of his newly founded monastery at Ramsey (Hunts.). 16 Domesday Book records 16 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its … from the west, but rising to 25 ft. above sea-level, or some 15 to 20 ft. above the surrounding fen. Reclamation … and was probably erected soon after the site of the monastery was granted (1550) to the 1st Earl of Bedford. It …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … of Wisbech was reserved to the latter. This half was more or less co-extensive with the present parish of Wisbech St. … firmed 160 acres in the marsh ( mora) of Wisbech to the monastery. 5 John de Watford held the manor on a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Church CHURCH A vicarage was instituted in or before 1252, when Bishop Northwold presented William de … to it. The vicar was to receive the tithes except those of flax and wool. Land and other tithes were assigned to him … of the rectory were devoted to the refectory of the monastery, which was inadequately endowed. 59 The vicar was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at 20 s. The Walpol fee, now held by another Henry, son of Osbert de Walpol, had also been reduced to 1/12 though the … new purprestures for mark rent to the pittancer of Ely monastery, 5 and of a tenement and lands in Guyhirn from … in Sayer's Field. 15 The practice of leasing the manor or portions of it dates from at least 1330, when Bishop …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the monastery of Ely. 54 In 1086 Wisbech was held by the abbot, … that in 1086 there may have been some 65 to 70 families, or about 300 to 350 persons, in Wisbech manor. It must be …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held … persons afflicted with palsy, rheumatism, gout, blindness, or any other complaint which might render them objects of … of the castle estate. 57 It was used by companies from Lincoln and Norwich for about fifty years, and also for …