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A History of the County of Stafford
… farm was bought in 1966 by W. J. Lowe. His son Robert owned it in 1991. 87 The present house, which possibly … at Wurnuldehalth (later Wormhough) in the late 1240s; 11 Robert of Heaton gave land in or before 1315. 12 At the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… The grandeur of the scenery caught the imagination of Robert Plot when he visited the area c. 1680. He wrote … manorial rights within that area were granted to Henry de Audley. The rest of the Domesday manor of Leek was … Bradnop and Mixon in Onecote by their founder, Henry de Audley, in 1223, and they too established granges. The …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 1170s and died there in 1181; his son and heir Ranulph de Blundeville issued a charter there c. 1210. 86 The manor … Cockshut. In 1293 William's great-grandson Thomas, son of Robert of Olynleye (perhaps Hollinhay in Longsdon), claimed a … products were coat bindings and sleeve facings. 88 In 1875 Robert Farrow, sanitary inspector to the improvement …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the mid 13th century, when there was mention of Robert of Meerbrook, and by the earlier 16th century it had a … was still in use in the earlier 18th century. 37 In 1731 Robert Brough was murdered on Gun by his servant Joseph Naden … Libr., Papal Docs. 40, naming Roche grange as the grange 'de Rupe' ('of the rock') and recording a grange at what may …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Dunwood Hall next to the farmhouse in 1871. Designed by Robert Scrivener of Hanley, Dunwood Hall retains its original … Rushton and Ipstones of the earl of Chester by Nicholas de Verdun. 77 The overlordship passed to the Crown with the … family 99 until 1911 when it was sold to the tenant, Robert Bennison. 1 The owner in 1991 was Mr. S. G. Clowes. By …
A History of the County of Stafford
… and so called in 1873, 33 was the home in 1901 of Ralph de Tunstall Sneyd (d. 1947); he built the low, crenellated … what were styled the manors of Bradnop and Mixon to Henry de Audley, and in 1223 he gave them to the abbey which he had … who held land at Mixon possibly as a mortgagee, licensed Robert Bill of Stone and Thomas Gilbert of Cotton, in Alton, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… rent of 22 s. was owed to Norman Pantun, son of Alice de Verdun. It was still paid c. 1800 to the earl of … possession of the vill of Rudyard. Norman's mother, Alice de Verdun, with the agreement of her other son William … 19th century at Rudyard Hall, the home of a class leader, Robert Needham (d. 1887). 16 EDUCATION. No evidence. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… taken from the name of the lord of the manor, James de Audley (d. 1272). Rushton James manor house probably stood … Ranulph, earl of Chester (1129-53), gave Rushton to Norman de Verdun of Alton, and in the early 13th century Nicholas de Verdun held Rushton with Longsdon and Ipstones of the earl …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 81 There was certainly an estate there c. 1200 when Adam de Audley, lord of Horton, gave Stanley to Adam of Stanley's …
A History of the County of Leicester
… Road; Ric., Richard; riv., river; rly., railway; Rob., Robert; Rog., Roger; s., son; Sam., Samuel; sch., school; … St., bridge, West Bridge. Bromkinsthorpe lib., in St. Mary de Castro par., 9, 16, 17, 31, 108, 369, 375, 3803, 398; … 3912; pop., 348; sch., 335, 349; vicar, 3489, see also Barton, Birmingham; workhouse, 188. St. Luke's par., 360; …