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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is entered under the general title of the bishop of Baieux's lands as follows: Gilbert Maminot holds of the bishop ( of … the taking of Domesday, Cowdham was seized into the king's hands, among the rest of the bishop's estates. This place afterwards continued in the possession …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 8 and his barony passed to Walter of Meduana. Walter's widow, Cecilia, Countess of Hereford by her first husband, … of Payne Fitz John, held his barony after her husband's death. She seems to have been succeeded in the barony by … and finally in fee-tail. 45 Margery Whitingham, Sir Robert's heiress, had however married John Verney, the son of Sir …
A History of the County of Bedford
… MANOR comprised 20 hides, and included two mills worth 36 s. 2 d., 100 eels, woodland for 400 swine, and 2 acres of … baron of Eaton of whom mention has been found, paid 23 1 s. 3 d. for his lands in Bedfordshire on the occasion of an … 13 Between 1210 and 1214 Hugh de Beauchamp rendered knight's service for two fees in Eaton, the service by which this …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… There was thirty Acres of Meadow. In the Confessor's Time this was 40s. Value, in the Conqueror's 35s. Another Part was three dwelling houses (mansur.) which … Knight, Richard de Stockton Rector of the Church of Burgh Waley's, and William de Leeke of Kirketon, and the Heirs of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the doings of his son, was beheaded in front of his son's army before the battle. 5 The battle was fought in … Day. 8 This was converted into a yearly rent of 6 s. 8 d. This rent and 2 acres of meadow called Coblers Croft … de Gand. One contained 4 hides, with 5 mills rendering 42 s. 8 d., and the other 7 hides and I bovate of the king's …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Hall were then utilised for such purposes as a carpenter's shop, and for supplementary cooking on great occasions. The … An avenue in the park, called 'The Queen of Bohemia's Drive,' bears the later title of the Princess Elizabeth, … his cousin Bernard de Brus of Thrapston, son of his father's younger brother John 14 as to the manor of Exton, 15 two …
A History of the County of Hertford
… which stands about half a mile from the hamlet of Friar's Wash on the Watling Street, forms three sides of a square … on the Luton road and near is Pepsal End Farm and Bonnor's Farm. The latter is said to have been named after Bishop … house of red brick and stone, the home of Sir Edgar R. S. Sebright, bart., who also owns Beechwood. In the extreme …
A History of the County of Oxford
… stretch of the eastern boundary may be the 'Edward's boundary' recorded in 958. 2 Parts of the southern boundary … in the later 19th. 19 Two sections of the 1st-century Grim's Dyke, with their associated earthworks and ditches, run … offences in 1246 and 1256. 26 Only Lettice de Saucey's 4 yardlands, then held by St. John's hospital, Oxford, were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… cultivated upland region), a thesis which the settlement's position above the clay vale on the comparatively high … vacancies occurred. Thanks are due to Mrs. Margaret H. Waley, Beechy Ride, Great Cheverell, for permission to use … iv. 344. Ibid. 320. Census, 1971; ex inf. Mrs. Margaret H. Waley. P.N. Wilts. (E.P.N.S.), 239. W.R.S. viii, pl. 8 and …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… chapel at his manor of Dillington. References to St. Mary's Way and the road leading to St. Mary's Chapel indicate perhaps the dedication of the chapel. The … Gravely, and Yelling, to the abbey of Ramsey. 13 Livith's gift was confirmed to the abbey by King Edgar in 974; 14 by …