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A History of the County of Lancaster
… a height of 260 to 270 ft. being attained at the Devil's Wall; there is a fine view from this point. Gaw 2 Hill is a … church, to flow west to the Sudell. Gerard Hall and Bowker's Green lie in the south-eastern corner. The north-western … the parish church. The Lancashire and Yorkshire Company's railway from Liverpool to Preston, opened in 1849, goes …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… demesne or held in thegnage at a rent or service of 10 s. a year. 2 About the middle of the twelfth century it was … chief forester, by the serjeanty of keeping the lord's falcons. 3 The thegnage tenant would hold it of him. The … and afterwards as king, confirmed Uplitherland to Warin's descendant, Henry de Lea, in 1207 he exchanged this manor …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… east for a little space, stand the ruins of ST. PATRICK'S CHAPEL. It is an undivided rectangular building, 2 of early … and the joints repaired with cement. Plan of St. Patrick's Chapel, Heysham To the west of the chapel are six rock-hewn … along it for more than a mile. The Midland Railway Company's line from Lancaster to Heysham Harbour goes round the hill …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… The ancient 'fifteenth' from the parish amounted to 6 12 s. 4 d. when the hundred paid 30 12 s. 8 d. 4; while to the county lay of 1624 this parish paid … And again: 'Having passed a mile from Wigan to the Bear's Head, keeping the right hand road you pass over a little …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… value of the rectory. In 1624 the parish had to pay 1 9 s. 9 d. when the hundred raised 100. 2 The Jacobite forces … marched through in 1715; on the high ground on Col. North's estate they made an inclosure for their horses, which is … absorbed in Whittington. In 1086 the whole was in the king's hands. 5 Somewhat later the greater part of Whittington …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… was the (first) 3 howsse that was sett up by quen Mare(s) tyme'. The priority, however, probably belongs to the Grey … to 13) dated the 17th January, 1556/7, bequeathed 20 s. 'towardes the makynge of the churche wall', which may … the cloister of the church. The work was printed by John Waley in 1557 (8vo 38 and in 318 pp. Blk. Let.) and at Caen …
Staffordshire Historical Collections
… etc. Stephanus de Buthlers salutem. Sciant etc. ego S. de Buthlers donavi etc. Stalinton qu est de feodo meo … ejus eis vendiderunt pro vi. marcis argenti et iiii s. etc. Testes: Maria uxor mea, Robertus filius meus, … Sciatis etc. ( Confirms the above.) Omnibus etc. frater S. dictus Prior de Kenilworda etc. ( Confirms the same.) Hc …
Yorkshire Lay Subsidy
… REGIS E(DWARDI) XXXmo. Rythe. 1 De Johanne Spirting iij s vij d q. De "Roberto de Raynsate xj s q. De Lora que fuit uxor Gilberti iiij s iij d o. De Willelmo Bradrigg' iiij s xj d q. De Johanne …
Finance and trade under Edward III
… an article of foreign trade Wine was not, however, England's sole import from Gascony Salt 4 and armour 5 regularly … the Mayor of Bordeaux, or the Receiver of the King's Victuals in Aquitaine Moreover, in these circumstances wool … was usually sent for the purpose of maintaining the King's armies Innumerable instances, however, exist of the grant …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… centre, is the church. The London and North-Westem Company's main line to the north crosses the north-west corner. The … 7 Of this family very little is known 8; their rent was 8 s., being the proportion due for two plough-lands. A mortgage … of John de Barton made a claim in 1342 against Adam de Waley and Iseult his wife; ibid. 309, m. 289. John de Barton …