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A History of the County of Sussex
… the manor was in 1283 granted with Westbourne to the abbey of Vale Royal in aid of their works. 39 From 1422 40 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… obtained for them, from William Rufus, the then desolate abbey of Eynsham, in Oxfordshire, where they soon settled. … W. division of Norfolk, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Watton; containing 300 inhabitants. It comprises about 1700 … 10 acres. The church was anciently appropriated to Marham Abbey, and had a guild in honour of the Virgin Mary. It is …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire
… the water until it reaches higher ground N. of Anglesey Abbey. For the rest of its course to Bottisham Lode the banks … later than the medieval drainage channels around Anglesey Abbey, one of which it blocks (Lode (3)). It was in existence … recutting perhaps produced the blocking by the Anglesey Abbey drainage ditch. This later recutting is possibly that …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… probably belonged to the manor at Stow held of Ramsey abbey. In the 13th and 14th centuries the advowson of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… most of which before 1066 was possessed by men of Ramsey abbey (Hunts.), Godric the deacon (2 hides) and Aelfric the … 82 Picot's successors had no rights over it later, and the abbey's lordship was still recognized in the 1340s. 83 By … him by 1223, 88 held ½ knight's fee in Stow of the abbey c. 1235 89 and died after 1243. 90 Robert de Engaine, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… here in 1170, by Nicholas de Stoteville, as a cell to the abbey of Vallemont, in Normandy, and at the suppression was … miles (N. E. by E.) from London. About 1135, a Cistercian abbey was founded here in honour of the Virgin Mary and All … of high treason, resided within the precincts of the abbey about the period of its suppression. The principal …
The Environs of London
… But afterwards Gilbert de Mountsichet founded the Abbey of Stratford in the marishes, the Abbot whereof, by … who supplied a great part of the metropolis. Stratford abbey. Frequent mention is made, both in printed books and in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… second and third of these gifts are entered in the Wilton Abbey cartulary and have been taken as the abbey's title to the manor. 311 At all events the abbey held the demesne of Avon c. 1191. 312 At the …
The Environs of London
… lands here are sometimes described as the property of the abbey of Bec, and sometimes of the priory of Okebourn, which … of Leigham's or Legham's Court belonged to Bermondsey Abbey, and was granted, after the suppression of that … year 1103, gave two hides of land in Balgham to Bermondsey Abbey 16. The farm of Balams in Streatham continued in the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Medieval Grange and Tenants In the early 14th century the abbey worked some of its demesne in Stretton as a grange, and … still a grange there in the later 15th century. 22 The abbey, however, also made grants of arable land to lessees in … 3 In 1275 William sold the rest of his estate to the abbey, which immediately parcelled most of it out to …