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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… of Lower Mitton in this county is a very ancient building and now in so ruinous state and much too small for the inhabitants of the said chapelry … Hughes John Hitch Protestant dissenters. Ref.110 BA1/1/495/56 (1783) We whose names are subscribed, being housekeepers …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and Roger Bigot was steward of it for the Conqueror, who … of Gurth had been tenants. It was valued at ten shillings and sixpence, and paid one thousand herrings. There were also … He died in 1778, aged 86; she died in 1752, aged 56.Henry Alexander, formerly Major in the service of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… the early 12th century. 44 Before 1189 Walter of Windsor and his mother Christine gave the church to the nuns of Wix priory, who appropriated the rectory and ordained a vicarage of which they were patrons. 45 … 1535. 52 The glebe and tithes of the vicarage amounted to £56 in 1650. 53 The average net income in 1835 was £309. 54 In …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, … to and from Wormingford at their manor of Wix c. 1400. 56 In 1086 there was woodland for 116 swine. 57 Alder groves …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. (929 ha.). 33 The Stour forms the northern boundary, and the eastern, southern, and western ones follow mainly … In 1643 seventy six signed the vow and covenant. 56 Hearth tax was levied on 39 households in 1662, six of …
A History of the County of Essex
… manor in the 15th century, handled transfers of holdings and amerced tenants for trespass and nuisances. 26 A three-weekly court baron was held c. … 37, and in families receiving occasional relief from 42 to 56. The Speenhamland system was applied briefly in 1795 and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A manor in Wormingford assessed at 1½ … from whom it passed to her son Thomas Alston. 27 William Hale of King's Walden (Herts.) acquired it before 1685, 28 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes … of Sussex, 20 miles (E. by S.) from Chichester, and 56 (S. by W.) from London; containing 4702 inhabitants. This …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … victory in 634, called upon the Scottish bishops for help and so brought Aidan to Lindisfarne but it is doubtful how … and was probably replaced by the present Zouche Chapel. 56 Again unlike most English cathedrals, York had only one …
A History of the County of Sussex
… deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by … changes recorded above. Broadwater, Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring are, however, all dealt with from c. 1900 … Worthing offers little geological resistance to erosion, 56 and there is some evidence for the flooding of reclaimed …