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A History of the County of Stafford
… parish of Stoke-upon-Trent. In 1207 the Crown confirmed to Ranulph, earl of Chester, a weekly market and a seven-day annual fair at Leek, and about the same time Ranulph established a borough there. The town has remained a … estates in north-east Staffordshire. 15 In 1214 Earl Ranulph founded a Cistercian abbey beside the Churnet a mile …
A History of the County of Stafford
… by the 13th century. In 1207 the king confirmed to Earl Ranulph a weekly market and an annual seven-day fair, and the … the earlier 1170s and died there in 1181; his son and heir Ranulph de Blundeville issued a charter there c. 1210. 86 The … the hands of the king in the 1180s, presumably because of Ranulph's minority. 87 In 1232 Ranulph granted the manor to …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Abbey Farm in the south part of the township. Their patron Ranulph, earl of Chester, had been instructed in a dream to … ground in marsh land. 99 Land at Nether Hulme was given by Ranulph of Wirral (otherwise Ranulph of Hulme) in the mid 13th century to Dieulacres …
A History of the County of Stafford
… were patrons of the priory: 92 in the early 13th century Ranulph, earl of Chester, freed the priory from the service …
A History of the County of Stafford
… that he had inherited a carucate at Mixon from his father Ranulph, and in 1203 Adam sued Margery and Thomas for the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and c. 1200 Norman Pantun confirmed Ulf's grandson, Ranulph of Tittesworth, in possession of the vill of Rudyard. … other son William Pantun, had earlier confirmed Rudyard to Ranulph of Tittesworth with all its liberties in return for a … with fines of 37 s. for herself and 20 s. for William. 78 Ranulph was succeeded by his son, Thomas of Rudyard, and …
A History of the County of Stafford
… then to the Crown with the earldom of Chester in 1237. 51 Ranulph, earl of Chester (1129-53), gave Rushton to Norman de …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 62 which probably acquired the overlordship when Earl Ranulph granted Leek manor to the abbey in 1232. Dieulacres …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Prmonstratensian canons, founded in 1182, and endowed by Ranulph de Glanville, in honour of the Virgin Mary; the …
A History of the County of Chester
… 137782), 49 but after the Reformation it was ascribed to Ranulph Higden (d. 1364), also a monk of St. Werburgh's and … mid 17th century associated the court with a grant by Earl Ranulph III to his constable of authority over the 'cobblers, …