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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… 16 d. gelt when the hundred was taxed at 20 s. whoever was lord of it. There also belonged to it a socman with 5 acres … by William,) about the year 1130. Fulk de Beaufoe, who was lord in the reign of Henry II. dying without issue male, left … it, in the 31st of Henry VIII. to Sir William Hollys, lord mayor of London, in 1538, ancestor of the Hollisses Dukes of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… and Sussex, about 1240, he granted to that Earl, (who was lord of the hundred of Freebridge, and of Rising) common of … at the top, and underneath signed by the Duke of Norfolk, Lord Russell, Lord Rich, Richard Southwell and Walter, … Of this family, probably, was John de Thoresby, who was mayor of Lynn, in 1425, father (as I take it) of Henry …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Hugh. In the reign of the Confessor, Bundo, a freeman, was lord of it; it consisted of one carucate in demean, and 7 … priory in the reign of King John. Sir William Belet was lord in the 38th of King Henry III. when he had a grant of … and paid relief 25 s. Sir William Belet, alias Bigot, lord of this manor, was King Henry the Third's valet: he …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Easter. And in 1382, it appears that there was due to the lord of Gissing 100 s. relief, on the resignation of the said … here and in Grimston, the fourth part of a fee of William Lord Bardolf; after this, it was held of the said lords by … to be held of the capital lords of the fee, the Lord Bardolf, who confirmed the said grant. In the 20th of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… their being enfeoft herein; Godfrey de Gimston (probably lord) was a witness to a deed, sans date, of Richard … heir; she married John de Breccles, who in her right was lord, in the 16th of Edward I. and from him the manor took … which towns they were lords; and this Sir Benedict dying lord of both these towns, in the reign of King Edward II. was …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Walter; in the Confessor's time Toche, a Saxon thane, was lord of it; and had two carucates in demean, and two among … seems to be the ancestor of Philip de Burnham, who was lord in the time of King Stephen, and had two sons, William … of this town. Philip was son and heir to William, and lord of this manor, in the 36th of Henry II. and was …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Manor. In the reign of King Henry II. Hugh de Burdeliz was lord of this manor, which he had by the marriage of Lauretta, … and presented to a moiety. After this it came to the Lord Scales, and Elizabeth, daughter and sole heir of Thomas Lord Scales, brought it by marriage to Anthony Lord Scales, …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… carucates of land here, in Tilney, and South Lynn, of the Lord Scales. On the death of Robert de Scales, in the 18th of … at 2 s. 6 d. per day; and in the 4th of Henry VI. Robert Lord Scales was found to have died seized of it, leaving … said Robert dying unmarried, it came to his brother Thomas Lord Scales, and by his only daughter and heir, Elizabeth, to …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… till Walter de Langton Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry, Lord Treasurer to King Edward I. had 28 years last past … places. In this most valuable book we learn that Ralph Lord Tony had a lordship in Lena, which Harold held in King … also granted to this burgh, the honour and privilege of a mayor; but historians attribute the grant to King Henry III. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… to Sir Cyril Wyche, and Cyril Wyche, Esq. is the present lord. Some conceive that it takes its name from a mint that … from its watery site. Stigand Archbishop of Canterbury was lord of it in the reign of King Edward: 10 villains belonged … Roger West, Esq. presented to the vicarage in 1694, as lord of Well-hall, and in 1699; after this, Sharock, Esq. was …