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Old and New London
… dined and meditated, and smoked his tobacco." WESTMINSTER ABBEY FROM ST. JAMES'S PARK, ABOUT 1740. At the western end … around him shut out from his gaze, except the grey old Abbey, against the tall roof of which the trees seem to rest, … trees which overshadowed it, and the view of the venerable Abbey, not only rendered it," writes Mr. Jesse, "a favourite …
Old and New London
… tract of land lying between Millbank and Westminster Abbey, and on which stood a few scattered buildings, some of … considered to be within the limits of the sanctuary of the Abbey. In the seventeenth century the people used to resort … from the Broad Sanctuary, near the west front of the Abbey, is the most ancient street in Westminster. It was at …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… manor of Beccles, late parcel of the possessions of Bury Abbey, in socage, by fealty, and ten shillings rent, valued …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in the early 12th century as a cell of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Lucien, Oise, France. The priory was always … small and poor. In 1392 it was sold to the Cistercian Abbey of Biddlesden, Buckinghamshire, but in 1440 its land …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was owed in 1353 by the payers of the rents given to the abbey in Westonbirt. 16 There is no evidence of a manor court … 85 John Brown, formerly a monk, 86 possibly of Bath Abbey, 87 was found in 1576 to understand Latin and to have a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 66 Before 1285 Roger of Dunville granted to Cirencester Abbey yearly rents from Westonbirt amounting to 25 s. 4 d. and a pair of gloves. 67 The rents were held by the abbey until the Dissolution. 68 The manor of LASBOROUGH, … was granted in the mid 12th century to St. Augustine's Abbey, Bristol, by Henry, duke of Normandy, 38 has not been …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… was granted by John, in the 16th of his reign, to the abbey of Holme-Cultram, is now a farmhouse. It was for some …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 2 MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES SOWY MANOR In 1066 Glastonbury abbey held an estate called Sowy 3 which it was claimed had been granted to the abbey by King Ine in 725 and by King Aethelwulf in 854. 4 By … 5 WESTONZOYLAND MANOR At the dissolution of Glastonbury abbey in 1539 Westonzoyland manor passed to the Crown, 6 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Cottenham when they deserted his church. Crowland abbey's possession of the tithes as impropriator of Oakington …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Together with 1/3; hide held by a sokeman of Ely abbey, it had passed by 1086 to Picot the sheriff as a 3hide … man Guthmund as 1 hide of sokeland belonging to Ely abbey. It passed after the Conquest to David de Argentine, …