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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 970s Bishop Aethelwold of Winchester (d. 984) gave 5 hides at Horningsea to Ely … in 1210-12. 33 The estate passed from Eustace to his son Peter the butler, tenant in 1166. 34 In 1210-12 it was … probably his son, c. 1320 acquired from his stepfather Sir John Howard another manor at Upware in Wicken, to which a …
Old and New London
… beaux and belles, Away they whip to Hornsey Wells." Spirit of the Public Journals, 1814. Etymology of HornseyIts … a hostile manner, and marched thence to London to oppose Richard II., and to compel him to dismiss his two favourite … They are so." We are told in the "Life of Crabbe," by his son, that Hornsey Wood was one of the favourite haunts of the …
The Environs of London
… Hornsey HORNSEY. Name and etymology. The name of this place has undergone a very material change. From the … assembled in a hostile manner, anno 1386, to oppose King Richard, who had given great disgust by the numerous favours … sole executor, became lessee. His only surviving son Thomas, in 1789, sold the lease to John Willan, Esq. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Middlesex
… Hornsey is a borough and civil parish, including part of Highgate, adjoining the county of London on the N. … c. 1520, with figure of swaddled infant; (2) to Richard Ruggenale and Isabel and Alice his wives, c. 1420, … 17th-century; (5) to Basill Nicolls, 164[8], Thomas, his son, 1706 and others later, with three defaced …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Buildings of Highgate Buildings of Highgate. In 1977 Highgate still … apparently on no better grounds than that the builder, Sir Richard Sprignell, was a neighbour of the Iretons. Sir Richard's son Sir Robert sold the house and its 19-a. estate separately …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. The charities of Hornsey and Highgate divide between those once … gift of £6 a year by William Evans, probably made in 1758. Richard Holland, by testamentary paper proved in 1760, asked … alms-houses by his daughters for many years. In 1872 his son C. J. Bloxam, then treasurer of the school, transferred …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Hornsey, including Highgate Churches CHURCHES. The living of Hornsey was assessed in 1291 97 and had a priest in 1302, … 'Hornsey' was composed by S. S. Wesley, a friend of Canon Richard Harvey, rector 1829-81, 63 who founded six daughter … in 1793. James Saunders, who followed, 75 was the son of Thomas Saunders, a governor of the free school. 76 The …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Agrarian History. In 1241-2, 1273-4, and 1298 the demesne of Hornsey manor was leased 76 but it was exploited directly … 1570 the woods seem to have been well maintained, 31 but Richard Putto of Highgate, the under-tenant, had been … ordered by the council to desist from waste, appointed his son Samuel as woodward. 36 Richard Fletcher, bishop 1594-6, …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… girls' charity school survived from c. 1719. 17 The master of the free school taught private pupils in 1819. 18 In that … boys' and girls' National schools at Hornsey, presumably of recent foundation. The parish, with a population of c. … Crouch End or Hornsey 19 academy presumably opened when John Yeo of Hornsey, who kept several boarders, was licensed …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… century Growth before the mid 19th century. 62 Implements of the early Stone Age have been found in the three streams … Eustace (d. 1495) and Geoffrey London (d. 1453) and his son John (d. 1461). 75 There was no resident lord whose household …