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A History of the County of Sussex
… measures 4 miles from north to south with an average width of a little over a mile. It is mostly good agricultural land … conveyed in 1653 by Denis Bond and Elizabeth his wife to Thomas Player and others. 31 At the Restoration it returned … Cheyne held land late of Daundevill in Lidsey, 66 and Thomas Cheyne held there in 1478. 67 The park paling list of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ALDINGHAM ( St. Cuthbert), a parish, in the union of Ulverston, hundred of Lonsdale north of the Sands, N. … the circumjacent country; it is the property of the Rev. Thomas Burrowes Adams, M.A. Druids' Heath and Mill Green, two … this county, and said to have been one of the murderers of Thomas Becket, was also sheriff of the same counties, in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… Aldsworth Aldsworth The rural parish of Aldsworth lies 6.5 km. south-east of Northleach and 5 km. … 87 In 1577 the Crown granted a lease of the manor to Thomas Dutton of Sherborne (d. 1581) and his sons Thomas and William, 88 and William purchased the freehold in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 08 SW) The parish, covering nearly 1120 hectares, consists of an irregular triangle of land, extending N.W. of the R. Nene at 100 ft. above OD, … terraces, mounds and moats which was constructed by Sir Thomas Thresham between 1597 and 1604 ( Arch. J., 129 (1973), …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Alfany - Almond powder Alfany The editor of the 1582 Book of Rates, which is the only reference to it in the Dictionary … and February 1682/3 [Houghton]. Judging by a comment of Thomas Sheraton in his 'Cabinet Dictionary' (1803), the roots …
A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 10
… 1 is a small parish and village 3.5 km. (2 miles) west of Castle Cary between the river Brue to the north and the … advowson. After her death in 1455 Simon's nephew and heir Thomas Whalesborough tried to recover Alford. 15 In 1472 Thomas secured a quitclaim from Joan's heir, her great niece …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Allerston Alfrick ALFRICK, a hamlet, in the parish of Suckley, union of Martley, Upper division of the hundred … the poor, who are also eligible to the benefit of Sir Thomas Middlecott's hospital at Fosdyke. Alhampton ALHAMPTON, … has some sculpture in the mouldings of the outer walls. Thomas Lydiat, the learned mathematician and chronologer, was …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Alien house Priory of Astley ALIEN HOUSE 21. THE PRIORY OF ASTLEY At the time of … in a dispute between the church of Worcester and Sir Thomas Ruppe of Harvington respecting certain tithes. 5 … 33 In July, 1389, on payment of a sum of 1,200 marks, Thomas, earl of Warwick, obtained a grant of the manor ' …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Alien house Priory of Hinckley ALIEN PRIORY 33. THE PRIORY OF HINCKLEY The details of the foundation of Hinckley Priory … when Joan was in disfavour with Henry V, after 1418. Thomas, Duke of Exeter, bequeathed £40 to Mountgrace, to be …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Alien house The priory of Lancaster ALIEN HOUSE 23. THE PRIORY OF LANCASTER The … up. Nevertheless the latter was confirmed by Archbishop Thomas of York and by Henry I. 8 Litigation between the two … barony of Manchester the manor had long been included. Thomas Grelley in that year obtained an assize of darrein …