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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and borough officers THE SEALS, INSIGNIA, AND OFFICERS OF THE BOROUGH Nothing is known of any seal used by the Guild Merchant, but the emergence of … 6 In 1553 the corporation ledger records that Christopher Willoughby had the custody of the common seal, but had …
The Environs of London
… WIMBLEDON. Name. It is not improbable that the name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and … the Countess of Denbigh's Chamber, another the Lord Willoughby's. The whole house is said to have been of … coat Or, fretty Azure; being that of Lord Willoughby of Parham, has been misplaced. Note on 1.85 of Pope's 3d Moral …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the … Zouche, in 1485. In 1486 it was granted to Sir William Willoughby in tail male 40 and by 1502 seems to have been …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of … but out of twenty-seven only twenty entered an appearance. Willoughby, plaintiff's counsel, remarked on this and prayed … wherefore we pray that you will accept the record.' Said Willoughby: 'Seven who were summoned are defaulters,' and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… ins. SY 89 NE, SY 89 NW, ST 80 SE) This parish has an area of 2,559 acres and lies on both sides of the Winterborne stream, at altitudes between 160 ft. and … ( unidentified 17, 18); the third has quarterly Touchet, Willoughby?, Filiol or Parentyn and Martin, impaling Daccomb; …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west from the sister parish of Tydd St. Mary in Lincolnshire. This stream has shrunk to a … in the north-eastern corner of Horn Field, 26 now called Willoughby's Corner, on a piece of land containing 4 acres, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south … comprised 2,842 a. Buncton chapelry, a detached portion of Ashington parish which lay entirely within Wiston and … porch. It is similar in style to contemporary work at Parham House and elsewhere, 93 the porch having a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … in the Elizabethan style, built in 1588 by Sir Francis Willoughby, entirely of freestone brought from Ancaster, in … among which are, a very beautiful one to Richard Willoughby, who died in 1471, and one dated 1528 to Henry, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells … of the Churches of Wollaton and Cossale to Richard Willoughby, and his heirs. 8 William, son of Sir Roger de Mortein, 11 E. 2. granted to Richard de Willoughby, Knight, the whole Mannor of Wollaton, except the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … his widow Elizabeth (fl. 1533), later wife of Sir Anthony Willoughby. 6 The estate, described as a manor and later …