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A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held courts for his villeins at Yarnton, but free …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually returned the abbey's other estates … Henry III, who gave them in 1227 to his brother Richard, earl of Cornwall (d. 1272). 66 Richard's son Edmund granted …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the … Burravoe, synod of Shetland, and in the patronage of the Earl of Zetland. The minister's stipend is 158., of which … Hamlet of the Gate," from its position on the confines of Northumberland, from which its two villages are separated …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… Yarwell 24 YARWELL (Fig. 218) Yarwell is a parish of 490 hectares on the W. of the R. Nene. It has always been a chapelry of Nassington, … John Dimbleby, mason, and Edward Orper, carpenter, for the Earl of Westmorland; accounts exist for ironwork provided by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Yatesbury YATESBURY Yatesbury village stands 7 km. east of Calne. 27 The parish, 1,674 a. (677 ha.), was absorbed by … was dissolved, and in 1553 was granted to William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (d. 1570). 60 In 1567 the estate consisted … or part of the estate passed with the earldom to Philip, earl of Pembroke and of Montgomery (d. 1683), who held part …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Yettington Yeading YEADING, a hamlet, in the parish of Hayes, union of Uxbridge, hundred of Elthorne, county of … and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Earl's-Plympton; containing 1317 inhabitants. It comprises by … and W. division of the ward, of Glendale, N. division of Northumberland, 4 miles (W. N. W.) from Wooler; containing 68 …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Y Yerbeston YERBESTON, a parish, in the union and hundred of Narberth, county of Pembroke, South Wales, 4 miles (S. W.) … of them representing Rhŷs Vawr ab Meredydd, to whom Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., intrusted the … themselves. In 1158 it was besieged and taken by Roger, Earl of Clare, but in 1189 was retaken by Maelgwyn ab Rhŷs, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from … that an army should be sent, under the command of the Earl of Surrey, to relieve Roxburgh, which the Scots were at … Bede; Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland, son of the gallant Siward; and Thomas Morton, successively Bishop of Chester, of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… York Castle THE DEFENCES OF THE CITY OF YORK AN INVENTORY Note. The walled city is … gate of the fortress. After the Saxon reconquest earls of Northumberland lived in Earlsborough, a fortified enclosure … 47 In 1642 the castle was garrisoned for the king by the Earl of Cumberland and put into a state of defence, and the …
Survey of London Monograph
… thought that York herald was originally the officer of Edmund of Langley, created Duke of York in 1385, but the … 1509. His s. Thomas, b. 1505, K.G., Lord Chancellor, Earl of Southampton, etc. Rouge Croix probably c. 1 December … in constant quarrels, notably with his colleagues and the Earl Marshal; suspended in 1616 and 1621. Particularly …