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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1279 and confirmed to her in 1281, 34passed to Waterbeach abbey. In 1302 Denny, occupying two thirds of the land, was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… brought from France to occupy her foundation, Waterbeach abbey. 60The manor, held in 1346 as earlier in free alms, remained with that abbey 61until the nuns were transferred to Denny in the 1340s. The advowson of the abbey passed, when the aged Denise de Munchensy died in 1304, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… apparently holding meetings at a cottage near Denny Abbey. 35 Independents and Anabaptists were reported in 1728, …
Old and New London
… Mrs. Oldfield had the honour of a funeral in Westminster Abbey. In the house which stood at the corner of Market …
Survey of London
… on the restoration of the Temple Church and of St. Alban's Abbey. He was largely responsible for laying out the estate …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the town of Wymondham; containing 500 inhabitants. Watton (St. Mary and St. Andrew) WATTON ( St. Mary and St. Andrew), a parish, in the hundred … Bethell, Esq., whose family were long seated at Walton Abbey, a brick mansion in the Tudor style, with octagonal …
A History of the County of Hertford
… forms. ADVOWSON The church of Watford belonged to the abbey of St. Albans and was granted in 1188 for the guests' prebend. 347 It was confirmed to the abbey by Henry II, John, Edward IV, and Honorius III. 348 … presented to the church by reason of the voidance of the abbey. 354 Abbot John Stoke (144051) granted a presentation …
A History of the County of Hertford
… with its market-place ( forum) was confirmed to the abbey by that king and by King John. 17 Two fairs were … 18 The profits of the market and fair belonged to the abbey until the Dissolution, at which time they passed to the … the manor (q.v.). Taylor's Carrier's Cosmography. Welbeck Abbey MSS. (Hist. MSS. Com.), Rep. xiii, App. pt. ii, 305. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… was granted by Offa, king of Mercia, to St. Albans Abbey, 22 and though no mention is made of it in any of … to have passed to Edwin of Caddington, who left it to the abbey of St. Albans by a will earlier than 1066. 24 Watford … vill, and snaring birds both in the demesne lands of the abbey and in all other lands in the vill. They obtained …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Hertfordshire
… Watton at Stone 140. WATTON AT STONE. (O.S. 6 in. xxi. S.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). … but much restored. Secular Homestead Moats (2). At Watton Green, two. First, S. of the church; second, further … The work is not shown on the Ordnance maps. (4). Watton Place, on the W. side of the main street, about 700 …