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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… among which is one to the late lady of the Rev. Henry Wake, who was first cousin to the Earl of Portsmouth. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with 36 acres of land, now worth 83. 16. per annum; and W. Wake, in 1697, bequeathed to the poor a house and 39 acres of …
A History of the County of Stafford
… at an annual charity sermon preached at St. Matthew's on Wake Sunday, and by 1773 there were also subscribers. 14 In …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Walsall Social life SOCIAL LIFE. By 1612 a wake was held at Walsall late in September. 50 It may thus … fair from 1627. 51 It was discontinued in 1895. 52 A wake has been held at Bloxwich from at least 1769, when the … 16 August. 53 In the 19th and 20th centuries, however, the wake has often continued for up to three days in the week …
A History of the County of Essex
… The impropriators, among whom the largest were Sir William Wake, lord of Waltham manor, and Capt. Charles Sotheby, lord …
A History of the County of Essex
… possibly the corn-mill which in 1735 belonged to Charles Wake Jones and Peter Floyer. It was then being rebuilt and … it. 79 In 1888 the market was bought from Sir Hereward Wake by the local board for 2,500; then, as before, it was … for Londoners of all classes. On one occasion Sir Charles Wake, lord of the manor, had stopped some springs which the …
A History of the County of Essex
… south road mile east of the town, and continuing to the 'Wake Arms' in the centre of Epping Forest, where it joins … it to his great-nephew Samuel, fifth son of Sir William Wake, Bt. 140 Samuel Wake, who took the surname of Jones, left the manor to his …