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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The … were wont to sue with the city of Winchester at the sheriff's tourn and pay their share with the citizens 37 till …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the … throughout the reign of Henry II and Richard I it was the sheriff, or a farmer under him, who rendered the farm, and in …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be … sent to the castle by order of the council, and a force of yeomen of the guard were dispatched to serve the king. 220 …
Survey of London Monograph
… Windsor Herald WINDSOR HERALD The office of Windsor is said to have been instituted for the … Whorwood (d. 1704), of Holton, Oxfordshire, sometime High Sheriff of Oxfordshire, who was illegitimate s. of Brome …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… LEVERINGTON Leverington is a large parish and village on the northwest of Wisbech. 1 The lay-out-a frontage upon the Ouse (later the … and Ann, daughters of John Johnson of Richmond Hall, High Sheriff of Cambs. and Hunts., and it was they who erected the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Newton NEWTON Newton is a village about 4 miles north of Wisbech, lying just west of the 'Roman Bank'. The parish, which in 1934 was increased by … Sea in Newton. 27 Sir John Colvile IV, his eldest son, was sheriff in 1459 and died ten years later. 28 His eldest …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west … who in 1601 married Jane, daughter of Sir Edward Osborne, Sheriff of London and Lord Mayor in 1583. In 1613 Welby …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … and was M.P. for South Cambridgeshire from 1865 and Sheriff of London in 1871. 40 He was Mayor of Wisbech from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… centre WISBECH AS A COMMERCIAL CENTRE Wisbech is now the commercial centre of the southern marshland, and the title 'Capital of the … haberdasher (1668). Corp. Rec. iv, 165, 170. High Sheriff of Cambs. 1760. Created Knight Bachelor, 24 Jan. 1761 …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and … Sir Richard, the two last-named both holding the office of sheriff. Sir Richard (d. 1540) was succeeded by his son …