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A History of the County of Berkshire
… in 1540 he was made overseer of the possessions of Reading Abbey and of Leominster and bailiff of the town of Reading, … extensive property in the town which had belonged to the abbey. 34 Grey died also seised of the manor of Bulmershe, … Reading, was possibly part of the estate owned by Battle Abbey in Reading at the date of the Survey. 40 The name …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… in their proper colours. William the Conqueror gave to the abbey of St. Martin at Battle a church in Reading together … heterogeneity of tenure was caused by the estate of Battle Abbey and by one close and half a virgate of land held by … the king had twentyeight closes. 7 In 1121 Reading Abbey was founded by Henry I 8; the king by the foundation …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… was possibly near the Nuns' Closes, was granted to Easby Abbey at an early date; with the site of that house the … called Church Mill and Castle Mill, belonged to the alien abbey of Begar, but were in the king's hands on account of … Crown. After the king's seizure of the possessions of the abbey 85 William de Hudswell erected a mill at Richmond …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the reign of Henry II Henry de Rokeby granted to Pipewell abbey (Northants.) a parcel of land in Rugby called Nepland, … of that manor one wether sheep annually. 76 In 12756 the abbey held 3 virgates in Rugby 77 and in 1284 3 virgates. 78 The abbey was acquitted of scutage owed to the Earl of Warwick by …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Marlborough and Portsmouth 1239, Bristol 1260, Netley Abbey 128890, bishop of Winchester 1312, Lymington 1324, New …
A History of the County of Surrey
… CHURCH. The latter dedication was that of Bermondsey Abbey, and it did not entirely supersede the dedication in …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of Bayeux was disgraced, but 12th-century grants to the abbey of Bermondsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury (see under … Bermondsey Street led from Tooley Street to Bermondsey Abbey. There is mention of it in 1379. 90 Bermondsey Cross … Street, by St. George's Church, to the site of Bermondsey Abbey; and its convenience for that important house must have …
A History of the County of Surrey
… manor, and it probably conveyed the rights of Battle Abbey in the manor of the Maze, the position of which, like that of all the property of Battle Abbey, leads to the conclusion that it was within the Great … Street, Great Maze Pond and Maze Pond. MANOR OF BERMONDSEY ABBEY. A hide of Southwark is said to have been originally a …
A History of the County of Warwick
… building of the period when the manor was held by Evesham Abbey, but there are no windows or doorways of this period. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… seems to have been founded here. Egwin founded Evesham Abbey and relinquished his see to become its first abbot; and … 52 As Thomas was alleged to be by birth a serf of Evesham Abbey on the manor of Newnham (Northants.) the abbot seized …