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A History of the County of Middlesex
… VIII, and by the French ambassador on behalf of Francis I, to the effect that neither king should unite with the … between the two kingdoms and a marriage between Francis I and Henry's daughter Mary, then only ten years old. Dodieu, … code of regulations was drawn up for the use of these officials. 316 The rooms allotted to the young prince were on …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… near Hampton, and divided the north park into three parts, i.e. the Hare Warren to the east, the Upper (or Bushey) Park … king said 'Take the whole fleet; some of them will win, I suppose.' Three of his horses started for the Goodwood Cup … They are descended from horses brought over by George I from Hanover, and the breed has been carefully preserved. …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Ulf, a 'huscarl' of the king. 3 It was granted by William I to Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Arundel, under whom it was … named Henry, who held the manor in the reign of Edward I, certified that his ancestors had been lords of Hanworth … The latter was a prominent figure in the reigns of James I and Charles I. Having accompanied Sir Charles Cornwallis, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Surrey side of the river, and that in the time of Edward I it held part of the meadow called Mixtenham also, for in a … cross voided between four pierced molets or. In 1612 James I granted the manor to Henry Spiller, 29 who was knighted in … Samuel Freeman, 1767. The registers date from 1538. Book (i) contains baptisms 1538 to 1690, burials 1538 to 1682, and …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… from his father Gilbert, who held it in the reign of Henry I. 14 It still formed part of the barony in the latter half … chalice of the 1696 cycle; and an embossed salver marked N I.E.1677. The earlier registers are: (1) christenings 1579 to … and Midd. 19 Hen. III, no. 116. Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i, 131. Ibid.; see descent of manor of Billets in Laleham. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 and partly to the accident of royal favour. James I, impressed on a visit in 1605 3 by Newmarket's fitness for … there each winter, drawing numbers of courtiers and officials to his retreat. 5 Charles I also visited Newmarket, … by the 1660s. It had a fixed terminology; established officials in the clerks of the course and of the race who …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hunted the choicest part of the South Oxfordshire country, i.e. that round Thame and Tetsworth, the 'Three Pigeons' … late Mr. Morrell. An old supporter of the meeting writes: I have been on most of the coursing grounds in the kingdom but I put Culham among the best places for the sport. . . . It …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… for hawking. Sir Ralph Sadler, Falconer to Queen Elizabeth I, who held the manor of Everleigh, is presumed to have … in general, he wrote: 'It has always treated me royally. I can never remember a day on that water, from Littlecote up, … when there has not been a rise at some time, and whenever I have failed it has been through no ill-will on its part.' …