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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the … the inclusion (from Wisbech Borough) of the hamlet of Ring's End, on the Nene opposite Guyhirn. Although it is … At the later date the total rents amounted to 45 5 s. 6 d. 18 As usual in the 14th century, a decline in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively known as … through these and neighbouring parishes. Such are Popham's Eau, an early 17thcentury cut to guide the waters of the … Ribera (Spagnoletto) and was presented by Lt.-Col. E. R. Pratt of Ryston Hall (Norfolk); it was originally brought …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech … a corporate borough for the first time, cost £260 10 s. 10 d. 46 The burgesses were given the right of perpetual … A schoolmaster was to be provided at a salary of £12 8 s., and an annual distribution of £3 15 s. was to be made to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … St. Mary). The fact that the three obtained £1, 15 s., and 10 s. respectively in a division of certain charitable funds in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Seals of the guild and the corporation SEALS OF THE GUILD AND THE CORPORATION A 15th-century seal of the … in 1929, which have a crest showing a ship with St. Peter's Keys on one of the sails. 43 This badge (keys) is used on …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it … who held the lands that had once been Robert dispensator's. 28 The earliest reference to their tenure of Wistow seems … earls of Pembroke, who remained tenants of the family's Leicestershire estates, including Wistow, until the death …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham … of Roger de Midhop. It descended in Thomas de Pykering's posterity until after the death of Lady Anne Knevet, the … John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called "Chamley's," owner John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, … by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old … the bailiffs and excluded from charitable uses. 4 Holloway's and Townsend's Almshouses Two other almshouses were founded …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, …