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A History of the County of Lancaster
… ( CONTINUATION) MITTON (PART OF) - AIGHTON, BAILEY AND CHAIGLEY Acton, Dom. Bk.; Aghton, 1274; Aighton, modern. … c. 1440. This composite township is bounded on the north and east by the Hodder, which separates it from Yorkshire, in … wife of Robert de Shireburne, Agnes wife (1) of Henry de Lea and (2) of Robert de Horncliff, but apparently childless, …
Old and New London
… Blackheath and Charlton CHAPTER XVII. BLACKHEATH, CHARLTON, AND ITS … after Mr. Sidney Herbert, afterwards Lord Herbert of Lea. The building was erected in 1866, from the designs of … century it came into the possession of Sir John Morden, the founder of Morden College, who, dying in 1708, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a detached part of Flaxley, covering 45 a. with one house and a population of seven, which lay on its western boundary … in 1890 Blaisdon received a small detached piece of Lea Bailey situated at Woodgreen. 2 The account which follows … over 500 ft.; the low ground is formed by the Keuper Marl and the high ground by Upper Silurian formations. 3 The …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… lord in the reign of King Edward, who had 4 carucates, and 3 acres of land, and Alsi held it then under Stalre; 4 villains belonged to … 1726, Christ. Pigg, by Harb. Harbord, Esq. 1736, Thomas Morden. Ditto. In this church was the guild of St. Margaret, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… the time of the Confessor, sixteen freemen had a lordship, and Alsi held it under Ralph Earl of Norfolk, consisting of one carucate of land, and 13 acres of meadow, and one bordarer, in the whole three … Sir Edward Clere, patron. 1727, James Dover. 1735, Thomas Morden, by Carteret Leathes, Esq. Here was the guild of St. …
A New History of London
… remote the objects are, the more indistinct they appear, and the more liable they are to be mistaken, from the … by the delusive lights held out to us in monkish tales and the reveries of ignorance: nor are the misrepresentations … and at the same time diverted the current of the river Lea into three channels to prevent the return of the enemy's …
A New History of London
… of king John. After the battle of Hastings, Edwin and Morcar, earls of Northumberland and Mercia, being arrived at London from the fatal field, … of London-bridge; including part of the rivers Medway and Lea: and its cognizance extends to the removing all nusances, …
A New History of London
… From the particulars contained in the preceding history, and from the charters and other public acts in the Appendix, the reader will be … commissioner in all affairs relating to the river Lea; and chief butler of the kingdom at all coronations. …
Calendar of Border Papers
… for my service in the ordnance was only of good will, and I have written to Sir Simon Musgrave to come and attend it himself, as he will shortly do. Berwick. … [Aug. 3.] I have received your letter by my son, and shall not desist from doing your honour such service as I …
Calendar of Border Papers
… resist the apprehended invasion from Scotland, Sir Henry Lea, Sir Robert Constable, and Thomas Bamborough, are appointed to advise him on the … army. He will find 500 foot already placed on the Border, and is to levy 500 more if he finds it necessary. The Queen …