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A History of the County of London
… Benedictine nuns St Helen's, Bishopsgate HOUSE OF BENEDICTINE NUNS 3. ST. HELEN'S, BISHOPSGATE The nunnery of St. Helen was founded in the early part of the … which altogether must have been extensive: William, the sheriff of 1308, is said by Stow to have been reputed a …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Bennell-Bloye Bennell, Christopher s. Christopher, of Westminster, gent. Christ Church, matric. 24 July, 1624, … aged 16. Bennet, Ambrose fellow of University Coll. by the parliamentary visitors 1649, M.A. 24 July, 1652, … matric. 12 Aug., 1669, aged 16; of Dodford, Northants, sheriff 1685, gentleman of the privy chamber to Charles II., …
Benson (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… (Including Fifield, Preston, Crownmarsh, Roke) BENSON The large and thriving village of Benson - by far the most populous settlement in Ewelme … and increasingly elaborate furnishings by better-off yeomen and gentry, 10 of whom some occupied houses taxed in …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Benthall BENTHALL Benthall lies on the right bank of the Severn facing the town of Ironbridge. … Ric. Benthall, 1720. Young cattle valued at c. £1: cf. Yeomen and Colliers in Telford, ed. B. Trinder and J. Cox …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… BERKHAMPSTEAD, or North-Church ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Berkhampstead, hundred of Dacorum, county of Hertford, 1 … councillors, together composing the council, by whom a sheriff and other officers are appointed. The borough is …
A History of the County of Hertford
… and charities BOROUGH Berkhampstead seems to have been of some importance in Saxon times 113 as we find that Henry II confirmed to the men and merchants of the town all laws and customs which they had in the time …
A History of the County of Hertford
… xi cent.; Berchamstede, Berkhamsted xii to xiv cent. The parish of Berkhampstead comprises 4,345 acres of land and 19 acres … Northchurch, was a liberty outside the jurisdiction of the sheriff. 85 The bailiff of Berkhampstead went before the …
Old and New London
… Tiberim long cubat hic." Horace, "Satires." Derivation of the Name of BermondseyGeneral Aspect of the LocalityDuke … held at the Bridge HouseSlingsby Bethell, Esq., sheriff of London, who had been a losing candidate at the …
Berrick Salome
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… Berrick Salome BERRICK SALOME The small and relatively scattered village of Berrick Salome occupies gently rising ground a mile or so … eventually the ownership) remained with prominent Berrick yeomen, including (by 1503) John Smith, by 1550 the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… a port, borough, market-town, parish, and county of itself, 55 miles (E. by S.) from Edinburgh, and 334 (N. by W.) from London; containing 8484 inhabitants. The name of this town, which Leland supposes to have been … councillors, together composing the council, by whom a sheriff and other officers are appointed. The borough is …