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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… much obscured, but the Nave appears to have been built c. 1160, the Chancel re-built in the 14th century, and the West … may have been re-used. The chancel arch is probably of c. 1160, but entirely re-worked and restored; it is …
A History of the County of York
… major, who was a minor dignitary instituted in 1232 by Walter de Gray to perform the duties of the precentor in his … transept of the choir, over the tomb of Archbishop Savage (d. 1507). It may originally have been intended as a loft for … chancellor a fortnight before or else pay a further 6 s. 8 d. In 1665 special week-day sermons were ordered to be …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and Purbeck Beds, between 350 ft. and 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small … the E. Corfe river on Wealden Beds around 150 ft. above O.D. As elsewhere in Purbeck, the mediaeval settlement pattern … date, the elaborate chancel arch and S. doorway of c. 1160 were brought from elsewhere, probably after the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (O.S. 6 in. (a)xliii. S.E. (b)lii. N.W. (c)lii. N.E. (d)li. S.E. (e)lii. S.W.) Writtle is a large parish and … wife successively of Thomas Berdefield, John Bedell, and Walter Thomas, 1513, inscription lost; figures of woman in … central chimney-stack has grouped diagonal shafts. d(23). Horsefrithpark Farm, house and barn, 3 m. W.S.W. of …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… small in scale: Richard Vickers of Wrockwardine Wood (d. 1705) made part of his living carrying coal on two pack … Wood and Wrockwardine Wood. 85 In 1731 Richard Hartshorne (d. 1733), the leading Shropshire coal entrepreneur, had a … sunk in Wrockwardine Wood. In 1736-7 the mines were let to Walter Stubbs of Beckbury. By then there were mines at the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… the church itself as a gift of Roger, earl of Shrewsbury (d. 1094). 64 Dependent chapels, referred to generally in two … from Allscott and Charlton; Easter offerings; and 1½ d. for every cow and calf. 75 In 1655 the small tithes were … to provide an 'able orthodox minister'. Edward Pemberton (d. 1680) left a rent charge of £6 13 s. 4 d. for similar …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… and Wrockwardine's value had risen from £6 13 s. 8 d. T.R.E. to £12 10 s. in 1086. Charlton, which had one of … moorland between Wrockwardine and Kynnersley by Sir Walter Leveson's tenants. Only a small amount of reputedly … 'Farming Econ. of NE. Salop. in 17th Cent.' (Oxf. Univ. D.Phil. thesis, 1976), 18-19. Trinder and Cox, op. cit. p. …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Fulk, summoned from 1309 as Lord Strange of Blakemere (d. 1324). Fulk claimed free warren in Wrockwardine in 1292. Fulk's son and heir John, Lord Strange (d. 1349), who was granted free warren in his demesnes in … c. 1285. 14 Several possible early lords are known: Walter of Cluddley (fl. 1175- 80), Richard son of Ralph (fl. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… at first a cell to the abbey of St. Alban's, by William d'Albini or Daubeny, in 1130. Henry I. endowed the monastery … Hitchin; containing 288 inhabitants. It comprises about 1160 acres; the soil is similar to that of Great Wymondley, …