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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… one hide at Isleham instead. 13 In 1348 Spinney priory in Wicken purchased 120 a. of land at Snailwell, which became …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… extend over the parishes of Soham, Fordham, Isleham, and Wicken. The parish comprises 12,000 acres, of which 400 are …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Market way. 78 Other roads south of the village, such as Wicken way, mentioned from c. 1500, running west over Down …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to present Robert Grimer, the expelled royalist curate of Wicken. 64 Pembroke still possessed the advowson of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… other such boats belonged to the neighbouring manor of Wicken. 51 The occupants of Spinney priory in Wicken exercised another, sometimes disputed, right to fish … 1420s a consortium of twelve, nine from Soham, three from Wicken, took on the lease. The fowling ( aucupatio) of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… civil suits arising in Soham itself, Fordham, Isleham, and Wicken, sometimes handling 40-50 cases at each sitting into …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… ascribed to the Bassingbourns, vassals of that honor at Wicken. 83 By the early 13th century both those manors were … i. 143, 159. e.g. Feud. Aids, i. 136, 143; cf. below, Wicken, manors. e.g. Pipe R. 1200 (P.R.S. N.S. xii), 169; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… as minister, following disputes on free will, by the young Wicken-born Andrew Fuller, baptized in 1770, after a youth of …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of the 19th century organized shoots were held, notably at Wicken Fen. 3 The abundant wildfowl which so amazed William … the haunts of wildfowl; the only fen to survive is at Wicken, where a 700-a. peat digging on a bulb-farm reverted … and 30 or 40 couple of snipe. In the late 1930s a shoot at Wicken often produced over 70 duck in a morning, including …