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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… 8 Edward IV (1468-9) ANNO 8 EDWARD IV. Monday next before the Feast of S. Botolph, Abbot [17 June]. Style (Elena, … of John, vintner).To be buried in the chapel of S. Anne and of S. Thomas the Martyr, 1 situate in S. Paul's … lies buried. To the chaplains of the chantry of S. Anne and S. Thomas aforesaid she leaves certain lands and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilsford WILSFORD The ancient parish of Wilsford lies on the west bank of the … ancient parish extended some 2 miles from east to west, and 1 miles from north to south. Its area in 1878 was 1,637 a. and that of the civil parish in 1951 was 2,294 a. 2 The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above … a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first … is the only remaining portion of the castle where Norman and Angevin kings resided, where Henry I was married to Maud of Scotland and their son William Atheling was born, where Henry III was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river … Dam, Brabanters and men of the Duke of Louvain, French and Normans and men of the Emperor with perhaps a few Italians, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winton, Wyncestre (xiii cent. et seq.). Winchester lies in the valley of the Itchen, surrounded by chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of … may be said to begin with the coming of St. Birinus in 635 and his conversion to Christianity of King Kynegils. Birinus … the church seems to have been finished by Bishop Elphege and to have had a central tower, north and south aisles, …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… castle Architectural history ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF THE CASTLE The castle of Windsor appears first in history in … the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … and court to Windsor for Easter. William, sailing from Normandy, had intended to keep Easter at Winchester, but was …