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A History of the County of Worcester
… and foliage. Here is also an early font originally in Pershore Abbey. The bowl is circular with a line of … parson of Kempsey, was summoned to answer the Abbot of Pershore as to a claim set up by the parson to common in the …
A History of the County of Worcester
… MANORS Before the Conquest LEIGH was held by the abbey of Pershore, to which abbey it still belonged in 1086. It then … three pairs of harts' antlers argent. In 1252 the Abbot of Pershore had a grant of free warren in his demesne lands of … which says that Bransford belonged to the abbey of Pershore in the reign of Edward the Confessor, but that on …
A History of the County of Worcester
… lies to the north of Bredon Hill, 2 miles south-east of Pershore, in one of the most fertile parts of the county, the … this manor of the Abbot of Westminster's great manor of Pershore. 7 Later it became one of the fees held of the … Gilbert's manor of Hadzor to the Fitz Warins of Wick near Pershore, for in 12567 William Fitz Warin settled land in …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Thirty manses in LONGDON were confirmed to the abbey of Pershore by a charter said to have been given by King Edgar … no heir, and in 1086 Longdon formed part of the manor of Pershore and belonged to the abbey of Westminster, 36 having probably been given with Pershore to the abbey by Edward 37; it was a large estate of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… and five manses at Martin were restored to the abbey of Pershore, having been formerly granted to that abbey by King … is entered, 6 hides there being included in the manor of Pershore which Edward the Confessor had taken from Pershore Abbey and given to Westminster Abbey. 4 Martin and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… son of Robert de Hanley and Eva his mother to the abbey of Pershore. 9 There is a disused Wesleyan chapel here. Still … and one was in Herefordshire, had passed to the abbey of Pershore. 18 Henry III in 1251 granted to the abbot free … is mentioned about 1193 72; the Abbot and convent of Pershore presented to it in 1285 73 and it continued in their …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… (4 ac). In addition 90 ac. 3 r. were leased to tenants. 'Pershore Mede', 'Dolmore', 'Catgrovemed', and …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Ford in the extreme south. The village is 3 miles north of Pershore station on the West Midland section of the Great … paved with mediaeval slip tiles, probably brought from Pershore Abbey; they bear shields with the Berkeley arms, the … Edgar, in 972, is said to have restored to the abbey of Pershore 10 manses at NAUNTON said to have been previously …
A History of the County of Worcester
… mentioned for the last time in 15612. 15 In a survey of Pershore Hundred taken shortly after 1086, it is stated that …
A History of the County of Worcester
… road which passes through Norton is that from Worcester to Pershore. The village of Norton lies near the railway. … trees leads from the house northward to the Worcester and Pershore high road. There is a small park with a fish-pond at …