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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… by the household of the Norman undertenant Robert, whose stock comprised 103 sheep and 27 pigs. Villein tenements were … owned both freehold and copyhold land. 6 The freeholder's family, the Harwards, had acquired part of Belbouches manor … and remained copyholders until 1610. The lord of the manor's son was attempting to buy up their estate in that year, 9 …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Weymouth 42 WEYMOUTH (6778) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 67 NE, bSY 68 SE, cSY 68 NE, dSY 78 SW) The … lies on the W. side of Weymouth Bay; it extends 6 miles N.S. and 5 miles E.W. covering some 11 square miles. The parish … of three storeys with a basement, and with walls of yellow stock brick with later stone dressings, was built c. 182030 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… hundred of Cottesloe, county of Buckingham, 4 miles (S. by E.) from Stony- Stratford; containing, with the hamlet … Buckinghamshire progress: Spenser the poet, his lordship's secretary, was frequently here. It was purchased and … Chace. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at 10; net income, 152; patrons and impropriators, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… British industry [Acts (1786)]. It was probably a saddler's TOOL with evenly spaced spikes around the rim used for … process [Ponting (1980, pb 1981)]. In the shops and the stock of dyers, only argol has been noted, suggesting that … for example 'fyve whyte boxis' were listed among the stock of a substantial tradesman along with his HABERDASHERY …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… assigned to the poor of Wheatenhurst the interest on £703 stock. 49 In 1827 the charity was distributed in the form of … Brewer gave by will a sum, represented in 1968 by £197 stock, for widows and the aged poor; R. H. Carter (d. 1868) … distributed in 1968 in cash to 14 recipients under Elton's and Brewer's charities and to 22 under Carter's and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and in 1833 there were 50 day pupils taught at Cambridge's expense in a school built by him. 39 By his will proved in 1847 Cambridge gave £1,040 stock in trust towards paying a teacher for Wheatenhurst, 40 … 44 The brick single-story school building with teacher's house attached stands ¼ mile from the main road along …
A History of the County of Hertford
… with the second coat figured above from his father's brass, and below a long inscription. A large altar tomb on … the licence to Sir William Inge to found a chapel at Ing's Place in 1297. 211 By a deed dated 22 December, 1319, Pope … poor widows and fatherless children. The several sums of stock are held by the official trustees, and under an order …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Hatching Green (Hacche End Grene) in Harpenden, Marshall's Heath near Mackerye End, Bower Heath (Bourehethe) to the … of world-wide renown. With the exception of Boussingault's station in Alsace, this is the earliest experimental … is sometimes termed, elected at the abbot of Westminster's court-leet, and there have been separate churchwardens and …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 20 The first two were valued separately in Pope Nicholas's Taxation 21 (1291) and in the accounts of the crown … were, on 14 February, 164950, bought for 765 14 s. 10 d. by John Wittewronge of Rothamsted, 29 and on 26 February following he purchased for 1,014 8 s. 11 d. the manor of Wheathampstead and Harpenden, and the …
A History of the County of York East Riding
… carried out in the late Dark Ages or following William I's harrying of 1069-70. The village as then laid out may have … school. 55 The charities' assets in 1896 comprised £481 stock, producing £13 interest, the Hemingbrough estate, … other than elementary. 58 In 1924 and 1931 the income from stock was £37 and from rents £12. 59 In 1972 the combined …