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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Elm ELM Elm, on the Norfolk border between Wisbech and Outwell, is one of the larger parishes in the Isle. It was originally of the … 1606; after which the manor seems to have come to William Steward of Ely, whose son-in-law, Francis Lord Aungier, died …
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 Nene) … and copyhold rents in Leverington to 1 s. 9 d. By 1706 the steward's fees, which amounted to 12 s. 8 d., had swallowed …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Upwell OUTWELL AND UPWELL These two villages lie astride the Well Stream. Each is therefore partly in Norfolk and partly in the Isle of Ely. 1 In the Middle Ages they were collectively … 11 Outwell was probably the birthplace of Robert Wells or Steward (d. 1557), the last Prior and first Dean of Ely. 12 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of gravel, not very perceptible except from the west, but rising to 25 ft. above sea-level, or some 15 to … between 1815 and 1820. Mr. Wing, the Duke of Bedford's steward, was hostile, and threatened Mr. Harker, in whose …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the left … traced between this family and the Meggeses, or with the Steward family, into whose possession it had come in 1635. In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fees FEES In 1221 the tenants by military service were as follows: William de Longchamp held 80 acres as 1 fee, with a messuage in the New Market belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a … was settled after Agnes's death, sold his interest to Mark Steward and Thomas Wyseman. They resold it for 200 marks to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the … of the hall mentioned seven years later. 24 In 1506 the steward and server was to entertain 'all the pore people then …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de Bethum … the Leyburns of Skelsmergh. John Layburne was bailiff and steward, 162838; and apparently lessee by rentals of 163841. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by … twenty) appointed for life. The honorific office of High Steward was held usually by lessees of Witney manor. Ordinary …