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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… containing 434 inhabitants. This place is bounded on the north by the river Teme, and comprises 1542 a. 1 r. 17 p., … Beridge family since the time of James I. The parsonage-house has a very picturesque appearance. About 38 per annum, … of Whitchurch, Whitchurch division of the hundred of North Bradford, N. division of Salop, 2 miles (S. by W.) from …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the divine office, and had consumed the substance of the house in luxurious living. He had kept women in the priory, …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Alien house Priory of Astley ALIEN HOUSE 21. THE PRIORY OF ASTLEY At the time of the Domesday … This good understanding between the diocesan and an alien house will not be found so general as to pass without notice. …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Alien house Priory of Hinckley ALIEN PRIORY 33. THE PRIORY OF … March 1399 Hinckley Priory was granted to the Carthusian house of Mountgrace, and licence was given to Lire to … especial interest attaching to it as the first Cistercian house for monks to be permanently established in England …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Alien house Priory of La Grave or Grovebury ALIEN HOUSE 24. THE PRIORY OF LA GRAVE OR GROVEBURY The manor of … convent of Fontevraud in 1164 1; and it is probable that a house was built there for a cell of the order, not very long …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Alien house Priory of Tooting ALIEN HOUSE 20. THE PRIORY OF TOOTING 1 The name of Tooting Beck or …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Alien house The priory of Lancaster ALIEN HOUSE 23. THE PRIORY OF … names of its witnesses show that this was drawn up in the north of England, probably at Lancaster. It cannot be much … an error for 1250). Probably Ri, a hamlet about 20 miles north-west of Sées; Hist. of Lanc. Ch. 34, 104, 410, 489. A …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Alien house The priory of Stogursey ALIEN HOUSE 40. THE PRIORY OF STOGURSEY The priory of Stogursey, … of Stoke to the church of St. Mary of Lonlay, 4 miles north-west of Domfront in Normandy. This grant of William de …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Alien house Ware priory ALIEN HOUSE 20. WARE PRIORY The foundation of the Benedictine … of St. Evroul in Normandy. 2 There is no evidence when the house was built, but the large amount of property in England …
A History of the County of York
… hall with chambers annexed, and other offices of the house, worth nothing beyond the reprises. The prior and monks … of Rouen a large amount of property in Holderness and the north-east of Lincolnshire. Indeed, the property formed the … YORK This priory was the successor of a pre-Conquest house of canons, which in 1089 was 'almost reduced to …