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Newington (Including Berrick Prior, Britwell Prior, Brookhampton, Holcombe)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… opposition to Little Holcombe Farm c.1 km. south-east. 3 A D-shaped enclosure contained the manor house (now Great … it was rated at 15 hides, including one held by Robert d'Oilly and another by Roger, probably Roger d'lvry. 11 The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1086 NORTH LEIGH, assessed at 10 hides, was held by Roger d'Ivri. 30 The chief lordship descended with other d'Ivri possessions as part of the honor of St. Valery, … in the Middle Ages a detached part of Kidlington. Henry d'Oilly gave it c. 1200 to John de Grey (d. 1214), bishop of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and which did not form part of Walton. About 1140 Robert d'Oilly informed all his men of Northgate and Headington of a … in Headington manor. 11 Walton was described in Roger d'Ivri's fee under the obscure heading of the second 'Gadre' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 18 July, the feast day of St. Eadburga of Aylesbury (d. c. 650), who may have been the daughter of Penda, King of … J. W. Larnach in 1897; and the houses, built both by the R.D.C. and private enterprise, along the main road to Banbury … must have been the fee held in Oxfordshire by Richard d'Oilly in 1186, which later evidence shows to have been in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dispute, 7 and in 1301 the manorial rights were worth 12 d. a year. 8 In the 17th century there is evidence to show … died young in 1216, but left an heir, Baldwin de Riviers (d. 1245), who became Earl of Devon; 27 Albury descended to … William Fitzellis, it was successfully claimed by Henry d'Oilly. 72 Tiddington must therefore have been part of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it at a cost of 800. 28 The date 1638 and the letters I.S.D. are inscribed on the east front of the present house, … in the 18th century. 46 Manors. After the Conquest Hugh d'lvry, butler to William I in Normandy, and brother of Roger … possessions to his Norman kinsmen, gave Arncot to Robert d'Oilly and Roger d'Ivry. Robert and Roger were certainly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and became part of the De Grey manor of Somerton. 46 Hugh d'Avranches, Earl of Chester, held Ardley at the time of the … and the overlordship of Ardley fell to the share of Hugh d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel, the son and heir of Mabel, Earl … In 1086 Ardley was held of the Earl of Chester by Robert d'Oilly, 57 and the mesne lordship of the manor followed the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… died in 1107 and his widow Maud, the daughter of Robert d'Oilly, and her lands were given in marriage to Brian … in 1655 the estate was settled on John Clerke, junior (d. 1683), when he married Judith Rye, and in 1662 he obtained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Horton on their way to cope with the trouble. 68 R. D. Blackmore, the author of Lorna Doone, was a frequent … Cripps the Carrier, A Woodland Tale. 69 Manors. Robert d'Oilly acquired BECKLEY after the Conquest, on his marriage …
A History of the County of Oxford
… seat of Roger Damory and his wife Elizabeth de Clare (d. 1360), the foundress of Clare College, Cambridge. 57 … the house was well known as the home of Arthur Annesley (d. 1841), one of the four celebrated fourin-hand gentleman … known as POURE'S MANOR, was held by Gilbert of Robert d'Oilly. 64 Robert is said to have 'bought back' ( redemit) the …