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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Ravenstone RAVENSTONE Raunston (xvxviii cent.). The parish of Ravenstone lies between the Northamptonshire boundary and the River Ouse, and covers 2,074 acres, of which 784 are arable. There are 120 acres of woodland, … the manor 46 and devoted the whole to the endowment of his college at Oxford. 47 It came again to the Crown on Wolsey's …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Shryngton (xivxv cent.). This parish covers 1,805 acres, of which 605 are arable, 944 permanent grass and 45 woods and … river is here crossed by Sherington Bridge, a structure of three large and two small arches 2 which carries the main … priory were bestowed in 1526 on Cardinal Wolsey for the college founded by him in Oxford. 174 A mill worth 26 s. was …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiii cent.). The market town and ancient borough of Stony Stratford stands midway between Towcester and Fenny … two portions corresponding to the ecclesiastical parishes of St. Giles and St. Mary Magdalen respectively. The West … subsequently. To the north of the church is St. Paul's College, founded in 1863 as a middle class school, and used …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parishes Stowe STOWE This parish covers 3,045 acres, of which 501 are arable, 2,435 permanent grass, and 87 woods … years previous to this date they had together founded a college of secular canons in the church of St. George in the … Azure two bends or. Within the next twenty years the college was absorbed by Oseney Abbey, 22 which in 12789 held …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiii cent.); Thornborowe (xvi cent.). The parish of Thorn borough covers 2,392 acres on the east bank of the … To the west of it is Manor Farm, which belongs to Magdalen College, Oxford. This is a two-story Elizabethan house built … and to have descended with Bartons 76 (q.v.). The MAGDALEN COLLEGE MANOR developed out of grants of land from the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Tornton (xiii cent.). This small parish comprises an area of 1,347 acres, of which 7 are covered by water. There are … with 30 a year, payable out of the Whaddon estate of New College, Oxford, but the tithes were commuted in 1831 and … of Barton's chantry was appointed and paid by All Souls College, Oxford, 212 but his stipend had not been paid for …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiiixvi cent.). This parish covers nearly 2,178 acres, of which 1,215 are pasture, 530 arable, and 181 woods and … J.P., members of whose family were lessees under New College for a considerable period. Sheahan, about 1860, spoke … Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, for the use of Winchester College, Oxford. 28 Ever since that date the manorial rights …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiii cent.). Towersey is a parish on the borders of Oxfordshire with an area of 1,380 acres, including 320 acres of arable land and 911 of … when it was held of the President and scholars of Magdalen College, Oxford. 43 In 1564 Nicholas and Alice Collingridge …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Tuyford (xiv cent.). This large parish on the border of Oxfordshire, with its hamlets of Charndon (1,911 acres) … church in mortmain to the rector and scholars of Lincoln College, Oxford. 88 They have since retained both the … bequeathed five Oxford Canal shares, vested in Lincoln College, Oxford, one moiety of the income to be applied in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… a parish covering nearly 1,792 acres, including 652 acres of arable, 1,004 acres of permanent grass and 73 acres of woods and plantations. 1 … in this land as overlords of Filgrave to Cardinal's College, Oxford (Feet of F. Bucks. Mich. and Hil. 18 Hen. …