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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of by-roads and a more scattered type of settlement. At Tydd, besides the main village round the church, which is … death in 1786. Lady Trafford obtained a private Act of Parliament in 1791 35 authorizing her to use her maiden name … of Sir Edward Montague, C.J. of K.B. See his petition to Parliament in that year. B.M. Add. MS. 5809, ff. 121-4, where …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… from their fellows. A schoolmaster was to be provided at a salary of £12 8 s., and an annual distribution of £3 15 … is made of any mayor or chief burgess in the charter. At the first recorded election of the 'ten men' (1564) … was received in Wisbech on 23 June 1815. 75 An Act of Parliament of 1810 76 vested in the Corporation power to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… tithes were assigned to him for conducting the services at the chapel of Kilhus in Wisbech St. Mary (q.v.). 58 In … of Ely, with the rectory house and a house for the priest at Kilhus. The profits of the rectory were devoted to the … with stone and embattled. It was erected under an Act of Parliament of 1827 77 as a chapel of ease to the parish …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the New Market belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a money rent (20 s.). Henry de Walpol held 80 acres with 4 … by the sea. The 240 acres, however, were still rented at 20 s. The Walpol fee, now held by another Henry, son of … Wisb. (1898), 11. Permission to sell was granted by Act of Parliament (3334 Geo. III c. liii). Medworth was a Wisbech …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… when John Thurloe was elected to represent Wisbech in the parliament of Richard Cromwell, 66 the borough has never had … Captain Yorke, nephew of the Earl of Hardwicke, was placed at the bottom of the Wisbech poll, though he was returned by the county at large; he was placed third in the Wisbech poll in 1835. At …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… are not recorded. 71 The town as a whole sided with the Parliament, though there were a few Royalists; after the war … Fisher was fined £80 for having been in arms against the Parliament, and Edward Buckworth and Thomas Wragg pardoned. … d. was spent on other fortifications, including an outpost at the Horseshoe, the object of which was to prevent the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and is 4½ miles long from north to south and 1½ miles wide at its widest point. The ancient parish comprised 2,842 a. … 1427 the combined acreage of the two parks was estimated at 290 a. 13 Part of Solewick had been disparked for arable … largest taxpayer in 1327 and 1332, 66 and was summoned to Parliament between 1313 and 1322 and between 1332 and 1335. …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of … in 1762 by Hugh, lord Clifford. Holme Island was alienated at a later date as a freehold. The customary-hold tenements … any intelligence with any of the party in arms against the Parliament, but be ready to render his body whensoever …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are common or waste. It anciently belonged to the priory at Bodmin, of which establishment was Prior Vyvyan, who … the place was made a borough, and returned two members to parliament, from which, however, it was released, on petition … school, on Church Green, was established under an act of parliament in 1664, by Henry Box, a native of the town, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house show that there was high-quality stone building from at least the 12th century. 3 Stone and lime from Witney … time, and from whom jurors, town bailiffs, and members of parliament were usually drawn. 265 How far such townsmen … the Oxford garrison's match-house was pardoned by Parliament after he was certified to have acted under duress. …