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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a court baron annually; near Dodford Mill is a spot called Gallows Furlong, where criminals were anciently executed. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… lord of Bergholt Hall manor claimed view of frankpledge, gallows, and the assizes of bread and of ale in 1273-4. He …
A History of the County of Stafford
… maintained their claim to the view, infangthief, and gallows; although a jury also upheld their claim to waif, the …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1834 as a chapel of ease to All Saints, at Stratford (or Gallows) Green, on the island site at the junction of the …
A History of the County of Essex
… been a much larger green. Stratford green was also called Gallows green, probably from the gallows set up in the 13th century by Richard de Montfitchet. …
A History of the County of Essex
… ale on his manor in East and West Ham. 1 He also set up gallows, probably at Gallows (later Stratford) Green. 2 In 1285 the abbot of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Wheathampstead. In 1427 the abbot of Westminster erected a gallows here, which the servants of St. Albans Abbey promptly …
Old and New London
… Scot, but it was impossible to keep him from the gallows. Robert Creighton, Lord Sanquhar, therefore, …