Search
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… traced between this family and the Meggeses, or with the Steward family, into whose possession it had come in 1635. In this year William Steward died seised of it, bequeathing it in default of male …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was settled after Agnes's death, sold his interest to Mark Steward and Thomas Wyseman. They resold it for 200 marks to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the hall mentioned seven years later. 24 In 1506 the steward and server was to entertain 'all the pore people then … officers comprised alderman, bailiff, two chamberlains, a steward and a server in the hall, two cupbearers, two …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… the Leyburns of Skelsmergh. John Layburne was bailiff and steward, 162838; and apparently lessee by rentals of 163841. … Charles Somerset, knight, lord Herbert the office of high Steward of all the honours, manors, lands and tenements of … he constituted Edward Stanley, knight, lord Mountegle, steward of his lordships and manors in . . . . . Furness, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… twenty) appointed for life. The honorific office of High Steward was held usually by lessees of Witney manor. Ordinary … while the lawyer James Gray (d. 1791) served as manorial steward for the duke of Marlborough and as clerk to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… absorbed Westell and Son before 1920. Westell served as steward of Witney manor and as solicitor for the vestry, his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1750s rebuilt the former manor house, served as manorial steward for the duke of Marlborough and as clerk to the … probably not coincidentally, agreed to serve as High Steward of the Blanket Company, entertaining the membership … townships, were provided by the duke of Marlborough's steward twice a year in the early 19th century and presumably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and manorial rights were exercised by his bailiff or steward through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or … to fine absentees. In the later 16th century the lord's steward sometimes attended presumably to protect the lord's … 19th century bailiffs nominated their successors to the steward and were by then sworn in at the Quarter Sessions, 49 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the local solicitor James Gray (d. 1791), then deputy steward of the manor court, who seems to have largely rebuilt …