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Old and New London
… Fields in the time of Charles I.Westminster FairSt. Edward's FairTothill StreetStrutton GroundSouthern, the Dramatic … and goodly jousts were held" after the coronation of Queen Eleanor, consort of Henry III. Two centuries … with which he had fought the battles of his mistress, the Queen of Bohemia," in order to maintain order and to mitigate …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Weston-Under-Penyard 90 WESTON-UNDER-PENYARD (C.f.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)LII, N.W., (b)LII, S.W.) Weston-under-Penyard is a parish adjoining that of Ross … with loop-lights and the roof is of five bays and of queen-post type. The Stable, N.W. of the barn, is of rubble …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Castle-Cary; containing 133 inhabitants, and … 6.; net income, 200; patrons, the Provost and Fellows of Queen's College, Oxford. There is a place of worship for …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… tenants in Westonbirt. 15 Suit to the abbot of Cirencester's court was owed in 1353 by the payers of the rents given to … was valued at £6 2 s. in 1535 69 and £30 in 1650. 70 Queen Anne's Bounty augmented the living in 1725 with a sum … the profits of the living were valued at £60 in 1750. 14 Queen Anne's Bounty allotted the living £200 in 1772 15 and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of Henry de Bohun. 82 It evidently reverted with Henry's manor of Haresfield to the main branch of his family 83 and … of Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford (d. 1322). Eleanor's successive husbands, James Butler, earl of Ormonde, and … 1539 8 Anne married Sir Thomas Parry, 9 later treasurer of Queen Elizabeth's household, 10 who in 1560 purchased the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… between the rivers Cary, since displaced by the King's Sedgemoor Drain, and Parrett. 6 The parish includes the … but a further 11 a. had been purchased with money from Queen Anne's Bounty, presumably the £200 given in 1760. 1 In … Cal. S.P. Dom. 1656- 7, 286. S.R.O., D/D/Vc 24. Hodgson, Queen Anne's Bounty. Rep. Com. Eccl. Revenues, pp. 158-9. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… owned both freehold and copyhold land. 6 The freeholder's family, the Harwards, had acquired part of Belbouches manor … and remained copyholders until 1610. The lord of the manor's son was attempting to buy up their estate in that year, 9 … hamlet. The Lintons were gradually gentrified: John Linton's domestic staff grew from 2 in 1861 to 5 in 1881 and he …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a farm track called Cuckoo Lane, 16 in the 20th named Gun's Lane to the south and Rampton Drift to the north of Lambs' … repaired by the villein works of the abbot of Crowland's manor of Oakington. It was rebuilt c. 1835 in gault brick. 19 Westwick's name implies that it originated as a daughter settlement of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of whom 586 are in Wetheral township, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Carlisle. The Newcastle and Carlisle railway passes … valued in the king's books at 26, and in the gift of Queen's College, Oxford: the tithes have been commuted for … the manor and advowson, which were given by Charles I. to Queen's College, for services rendered during the civil war. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… monuments in Buckinghamshire Wexham 98. WEXHAM. (O.S. 6 in. (a)liii. S.W. (b)liii. S.E.) Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. … timbers remain at the S. end. The open timber roof has queen-post trusses, and large chamfered beams with arched …