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A History of the County of Oxford
… created out of Bladon parish in the 12th century, was for long answerable to the bailiffs and farmers of Woodstock … century. 38 In the 12th and 13th centuries arrangements for administering the manor and its dependents varied. In the … responsibilities were probably holding courts and paying wages. Several offices within the manor were sometimes held …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wigton; containing 224 inhabitants. A meeting-house here for Independents was rebuilt in 1828. Bletchingley (St. Mary) … now remaining. Fairs are held on May 10th and Nov. 2nd, for horses, hogs and lean-cattle. Shortly after quitting the … after Easter-week, for cattle, and Oct. 10th, for hiring servants; a manorial court is occasionally held under the …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Geld as nine bovats. The Land was then fouud sufficient for three plows, or three carucats. There after the Conquest … who was a Justice of the Peace, and deputy Lieut. for the County, he died in ,in his 81st year. Another informs …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… to the Kings manor of Maunsfeld, as much as paid the geld for one carucat. And also as much soc to the Kings manor of … had special relation. 2 Roger de Busli, & his wife Muriel, for the stability of William king of the English, and of his … excepted) and in tythes of the merchants, (or chapmen) and servants, and in tythes of flax and hemp; in cerage (or …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… conquest; and, at the survey, 4 carucates, with paunage for 6 swine.The Conqueror had the land late of one freeman, … fee, or lordship, in Plumstede standing on the river Ger, for the health of his own, and his wife's soul, and of all … Basseson, his servant, a cow, and 10 s. and to each of his servants a cow; appoints Sir Edmund Cole, rector of Hale, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… in demean, &c. and 4 carucates among the tenants, paunage for 1200 swine, and 40 acres of meadow, one runcus, 2 cows, … of the Holy Trinity of Norwich, and their successours for ever, with all its appertences, sac and soc, &c. in as … great cattle, and a swanherd, who had 26 s. 8 d. per annum wages. In 1428, the temporalities of the priory were valued …
Old and New London
… George's ChurchArchdeacon NaresMiss Stride's "Home" for Destitute Girls. Bloomsbury Square owes its origin to … large as the originals; indeed, the mansion was very rich, for that date, in works of art, both sculptures and … was accordingly published, directing us to keep our servants within doors, as the peace was now to be preserved …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… sky and the sea, one of the colours of the spectrum, and for painters one of those primary colours from which all … (mid-period), Inventories (late), Newspapers, Patents, Rates, Recipes, Tradecards. Blue and white [w't & blew; white … COAT was formerly the dress of the lower orders and of servants, which was adopted as the uniform of almoners and …
Survey of London Monograph
… in ordinary, is said to have been instituted by Henry V for the service of the Order of the Garter, from whose blue … did accompany Garter Bruges to France in 1448 (Warrants for Issues, 26 Hen. VI, nos. 110, 206). The only Bluemantle … executed gift books with recipient's arms and quarterings for Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk (University Library, …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… with the appurtenances, to the use of the said William for life; and after to the use of the said Henry, and his … his next best salt-cellar. After leaving annuities to his servants, he directed "that his house in Christ's Church in … the time of their stay; for which they were to have their wages. The charges of such housekeeping to be defrayed by his …