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A Dictionary of London
… a wool merchant's sign. Woolsack Alley See Cutler Street. Worcester House William, earl of Worcester, was seised of the capital messuage called "Worcester place" in the parish of St. James at Garlikehitlic …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… after 1546 when John Conway, steward of Henry, Earl of Worcester, obtained a lease of two-thirds of the Grange and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and rectory were granted in 1537 to Henry, Earl of Worcester, 97 who held them at his death in 1549. 98 Henry, … John Ball, vicar 1562-4, was chaplain to the Countess of Worcester and neither resided nor provided a curate, so that …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of the grant of the Tintern Abbey estates to the Earl of Worcester, and up to the late 19th century most of the land … was begun c. 1650, after the sequestration of the Earl of Worcester's estate, but the process was reversed by Cromwell, … Weir in the grant of the abbey's lands to Henry, Earl of Worcester, in 1537. 18 The fisheries of Brockweir (which lay …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1752. 85 In 1685 there was a house at Brookend called the 'Worcester's Head', 86 which was presumably the same as that …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1536, and was granted in 1537 to Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester, together with other estates in Gloucestershire and … passed to his son Henry Somerset, 16 created Marquess of Worcester in 1643. With his son Edward, Lord Herbert, he was … 17 The manor was restored to Edward Somerset, Marquess of Worcester, in 1660, 18 and passed to his son Henry (d. 1698), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive … and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Oxford
… Ancient and historical monuments in the City of Oxford Worcester College Worcester College (26) Worcester College stands on the W. side of Stockwell Street. …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… WORCESTER Bishops BISHOPS OF WORCESTER Wulfstan Prior of Worcester. Proposed c. 31 March 1062 (Will. Malmesbury, Vita …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… WORCESTER Introduction INTRODUCTION Worcester cathedral chapter was established by charter of … 1 A few months before this, the bounds of the diocese of Worcester had been altered. The medieval diocese had …