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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… as surviving executor of Sir James Lancaster, Knt., and by direction of the will of the said James, dated 18 April, 1618, he leaves to the Masters, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Mistery of the Skynners of London and their successors, to the intent and purpose that they …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1614, of Lincoln's Inn 1621, rector of Lydlinch 1609, and vicar of Fordington, (both) Dorset, 1609, rector of East … of Lincoln 1624, rector of Nutfield, Surrey, 1627-34, and of Foots Cray, Kent, 1633. See Foster's Index Eccl. … founded by Oliver in 1657, teacher in mathematics and navigation in Christ Church hospital, London, F.R.S. and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, … centre of the county from west to east, and connects the navigation of the Lower Avon with that of the Kennet and the …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton hundred, and is situated about seven miles from Hyde-park-corner, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… is the only remaining portion of the castle where Norman and Angevin kings resided, where Henry I was married to Maud of Scotland and their son William Atheling was born, where Henry III was … born, where Henry VIII entertained the Emperor Charles V, and where Mary and Philip celebrated part of their ill-fated …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … from William Rufus the grant of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on the Eastern hill of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with Southampton, and so with the centres of continental trade. The present … borough of Winchester lay within the walls, but the east and west sokes, or suburbs, which entirely surrounded it, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough … granting to the citizens of Winchester all the liberties and customs which they had enjoyed during the time of Henry …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Winchester, hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, of a mile (N. … This is a small parish, north of the road to Alresford, and east of the river Itchin.See Winchester. Winnersh … of Sonning, county of Berks; containing 547 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 1777 a. 27 p. of land. …