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Alumni Oxonienses
… 1614, of Lincoln's Inn 1621, rector of Lydlinch 1609, and vicar of Fordington, (both) Dorset, 1609, rector of East … of Lincoln 1624, rector of Nutfield, Surrey, 1627-34, and of Foots Cray, Kent, 1633. See Foster's Index Eccl. … 34, "hath composed some comedies," author of "The Life and Reign of James I."; died at Felsted, Essex, Oct., 1652, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a discharged vicarage, united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later styles, and consists of a nave and chancel, … chapel with seats, contains various monuments to the Yorke family, including one to the memory of Lord Chancellor …
The Environs of London
… name of this place, which was anciently written Wymbaldon and Wymbeldon, was derived from one of its early proprietors. … Saxon language signifies a hill. Situation, boundaries, and extent. Wimbledon lies in the western division of Brixton hundred, and is situated about seven miles from Hyde-park-corner, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… W. by Ermine Street, with some adjustments in either case, and on the S. by the river Rhee. The boundary on the E. with … S. and W. windows of W. gallery, 47 shields of arms of the Yorke family and their connections, against patterned … Hardwicke; the other shields are blazoned with the arms of Yorke of Bewerley, impaled or quartered to illustrate some of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1066-1300
… but depr. 1052. Nom. to Winchester after 29 Aug. 1047, and to Canterbury after 14 Sept. 1052. Excomm. Depr. c. 11 … MS. 29436 fos. 48v, 73r). 2 Henry of Blois 3 Previously and concurrently abbot of Glastonbury (Ben., Somt.). Nom. 4 … obit.: Obituaires de la Province de Sens, ed. A. Molinier and A. Longnon, 11 (Paris, 1906) 81); 9 Aug. (Canterbury …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of … from William Rufus the grant of a fair on the vigil, feast and morrow of St. Giles, to be held 'on the Eastern hill of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … William, the castle was no doubt raised by his orders, 3 and from the first it has been the special stronghold of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 2 the site of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest …
Survey of London Monograph
… 930), but since then the succession has been maintained and Windsor is now one of the six heralds in ordinary. Badge: … news of the battle of Auray, fought on 29 September 1364, and whom King Edward forthwith appointed Windsor herald ( … confirmed 1379, pat. 3 Ric. II, p. 1, m. 10, 3 August, and payment recorded in Issue Rolls passim down to Easter, 3 …