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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… already in royal hands in 1348 when Grestain sold its English possessions to the king in order to raise money with … John de Melun, lord of Tancarville, a prisoner of the English. 81 Conock was leased for 1,000 years to Tidemann de … 6/1127/11. Ibid. D. Matthew, Norman Monasteries and their English Possessions, 142 n. Cal. Pat. 134850, 221, 513; …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… included Endymion Porter and Sir Francis Cottington, English Ambassador in Spain. 72 He was knighted in 1629 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the first element in its name is derived from the Old English ceosel, cisel meaning 'gravel, shingle', 26 and its …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 45 During the long wars with France the abbey's English possessions, which were administered from its cell of … Church; 46 and at last, in 1394, the abbey sold its English property to the Carthusian priory of Coventry. 47 The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… He was a reformer on a moderate scale who ruled over the English Church with gentleness and some pliability. He died … the first real example of a philosophical criticism of English literature. 32 Their daughter Anne became the wife of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… a Roman Catholic priest who died in 1799, and some English nuns of the order of Poor Clares, who, when banished …
A History of the County of Surrey
… no just title to it, for it had not been the land of his English 'ante-cessor' Asgar the Staller 20; yet he retained … descendants seem to have preferred their Norman to their English fief. Ingram's Surrey lands were seized as terrae … remained there in time of war was yet restored to his English lands during the truce of 1299, while he acted as a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… between double cotices argent. The custom of Borough English obtained in the manor. 19 Fairs for cattle, sheep, … engrailed between three crabs gules. The custom of Borough English obtained in the manor. 38 Church The parish church of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… a cross fixed on the top of it. The inscription, in old English letters, S. OFFICIALIT + JURISDICTIONIS DE LIBA POCH …
A History of the County of Oxford
… collection of copies of the Book of Common Prayer in English hands. 53 Manors. Clifton was not mentioned by name … three imitation Decorated windows and one genuine Early English lancet reused from the old building. Low down on the …