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A History of the County of Oxford
… granted Wolvercote to Henry II who gave it to Godstow abbey. 63 The abbey held the manor until the Dissolution, and … 81 The dukes retained it until 1811 when it was sold to or exchanged with Francis Gregory (d. 1841), formerly of … earlier 20th century. 84 Between 1693 and 1703 John Bishop or his executors acquired a total of more than 3 yardlands …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was … grant of a further piece of land in front of the church (or abbey) gate, probably the site across Godstow bridge on … by a conduit from Wytham. 35 The abbey was enlarged or rebuilt between 1176 and 1188 when Henry II gave a total …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… named Shuttleworth, now occupied as a farmhouse. Wonastow, or Weonastow (St. Wonnow) WONASTOW, or Weonastow ( St. Wonnow), a parish, in the hundred of … of the Carthew family, still retains the name of the Abbey. In 1666, upwards of 327 inhabitants died of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… gridiron, standing under similar canopy, both late 13th- or early 14th-century; in tracery, jumble of 15th-century … the house, is fragmentary. ConditionOf house, good. b(5). Abbey Farm, house 180 yards S.W. of (4), is of one storey … the roofs are tiled. It was built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century on an L-shaped plan with the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… March, 1685-6, aged 20. [ 16] Woodcock, Lawrence (Wudcocke or Wodecocke) fellow New Coll. 1508-20, from St. … Thomas B.A. 31 May, 1568. Woodhall, John (Woodwall or Wodall) B.A. 27 June, 1523; fellow Oriel Coll. 1524, from … St. Mary Hall, matric. 1 July, 1603, aged 15; of Boxley Abbey, student of Gray's Inn 1604 (as s. George, of Boxley, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… which was held in the manor court by Cirencester Abbey's bailiffs. 40 View of frankpledge was claimed by the … the manor were presented in 1601 for not having a pillory or a tumbril. 41 The lord's right to gallows was possibly …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in the early 11th century by King Cnut, who gave it to Ely abbey in 1022 in exchange for Cheveley. 58 Archbishop Stigand later held it as lessee or custodian of the abbey, and on his death in 1072 it was … sold Ditton Camoys in 1393 to William Rickhill 77 (d. 1407 or 1408), whose son John was in possession in 1412 78 and …
The Environs of London
… there, in 1420 10. Whether this was another manor, or whether the Hickmans held under the Abbey of Waltham, I am not certain; but think the latter more … the inscriptions of which have been since either removed or defaced:Anne, wife of Daniel Thelwall, 1638; Elizabeth, …
A History of the County of Essex
… where a branch of his family owned land; William ad aquam, or atte Ree, was one of a family from which Ray House derived … and Chigwell, and his name indicates that the bury or manor-house was at one time in this corner of the village, … 73 Warner may have built the sham 'chapel' or 'abbey' ruin in the garden, a structure of flint and brick of …
A History of the County of Essex
… of Woodford, known as Monkhams, did not belong to Waltham Abbey but to Stratford Langthorne Abbey. 5 Most of the parish … rich man, with estates in several counties He died in 1557 or 1558, 27 having devised the manor of Woodford to Bernard, … 17th and early 18th centuries. 87 John Hill of Enfield (Mdx.) felled wood there from at least 1718 until 1733 88 when …