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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Churches CHURCHES Presumably there was originally but a … lessees were the Stewards, who acquired the rectory of Ely, in addition to Stuntney manor (q.v.), in the 16th … It originally served as a chapel of ease to Holy Trinity, Ely. The church of ST. PETER, Prickwillow, was erected in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Fairs FAIRS 94 Henry I granted a fair to the abbot and … salt fish there was held to be detrimental to the fairs at Ely and elsewhere. 2 At the end of this century 3 the fairs … Sacrist R., 18 Ed. IV (1478-9); Stewart, Archit. Hist. Ely Cath. 191. A student of Clare Hall, Camb., seeking the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Guilds GUILDS Ely was a great centre for guilds, of which eleven existed at … also seems to have always been the most important of the Ely guilds. In 1389 it possessed £5 worth of goods, 30 and at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Introduction City of Ely 1 'Elge', meaning eel-district, appears to be the correct … formed the island on the eastern edge of which the city of Ely developed, rising from the 'waste of waters opening wide' …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Manors MANORS In 1086 there was but the single manor of Ely and its berewicks. 23 When the see was created, in 1109, … allotted to them, but said nothing of a priorial manor in Ely. 25 Nevertheless, the berewick of Stuntney and the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Monastic buildings and palace MONASTIC BUILDINGS AND … made up from roof timbers of the cloister. 74 PLAN OF ELY CATHEDRAL AND PRIORY From the east pane there was … be identified with the 'Bougre', a name peculiar to Ely. Attached to it was the' knights' lodging', the sleeping …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Nineteenth and twentieth centuries THE NINETEENTH AND … depression. At the beginning of 1816 wheat was sold on the Ely market at 52 s. 6 d. a qr.; already in May it reached 76 … many had no work at all. Such was the background of the Ely and Littleport riots of May 1816-the unorganized outbreak …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY The Roman Catholic Church of … a city so literally overshadowed by its cathedral as was Ely. No licences were issued in Ely under the Declaration of Indulgence (1672), and four …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Schools SCHOOLS Catherine Needham, by her will dated … in Witchford, Wentworth, and Downham; the White Hart Inn, Ely, together with a cherry orchard; 12 acres in Further Middle Fen, Ely; 6 acres in Burnt Fen; a tenement in Newnham, Ely; and a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… City of Ely Seventeenth and eighteenth centuries SEVENTEENTH AND … was the headquarters of the Eastern Association, 16 Ely was the home-town of Cromwell himself, who was in … 1640: on Palace Green the New Model Army took shape. 18 Ely, however, was also the episcopal seat of 'The Laud of …