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A History of the County of Lancaster
… the reign of Rufus, it was given to Ilbert de Lacy lord of Pontefract and of the region of Bowland which adjoins this …
Survey of London
… the second half of the twelfth century, when William of Pontefract built a chapel on his estate, later known as the …
A History of the County of York
… to join the army Northumberland was levying for Richard at Pontefract. 43 Thus York helped to put Richard of Gloucester …
A History of the County of York
… 95 Before leaving, Henry had dealt with the city. From Pontefract, on 3 June, he had threatened it with utter …
A History of the County of York
… to the south of the chancel. Vickers and Hugill of Pontefract were the architects. 30 The parish was formed as a … together with St. Sampson's, it was given by Stephen to Pontefract Priory. It was then said to have been formerly in … by King Stephen, together with St. Benet's, to Pontefract Priory. 93 The parson ( persona) of the church …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… ii, 511; the advowson of Slaidburn, held by the Prior of Pontefract, was purchased in 1456 by the Booth feoffees, but …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… in 1131, being followed by his son Adam, a benefactor of Pontefract, who died in 1159. Maud, one of his daughters, … Holmes in his edition of the Chartul. of St. John of Pontefract (Yorks. Arch. Soc), i, 95 ; ii, 306, 307, with … was Werneth. His name occurs as witness to deeds in the Pontefract Chartulary above referred to. Ibid. 133. The rent …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… his claim on the family manors; Agecroft D. 13 (dated at Pontefract). She held Prestwich, Heaton, and Alkrington in …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… P. Hen. VIII, xi, 174.. John Stringer held a prebend in Pontefract Castle in 1535 and the vicarage of Topcliffe; …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… through the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536. 47 The monks of Pontefract about 1300 put forward a claim to the church of … relationships asserted in it are here given. The monks of Pontefract, on claiming the advowson, alleged that it had … death a predecessor of the Earl of Lincoln, the priory of Pontefract being vacant, presented a certain Geoffrey, who …