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Magna Britannia
… Davidstow - Duloe Davidstow DAVIDSTOW, in the hundred of Lesnewth, and deanery of Trigg-Major, lies about three … member afterwards of the upper house, and provost of Eton college. He died, in the month of January 1659, at his house … sold by them, in 1701, to the Master and Fellows of Baliol College, in Oxford. The rectory, which is a sinecure with a …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Dean DEAN Dena, Dene (xi cent.). The parish of Dean lies on the northern boundary of the county some 14 … and Compworth in turn granted it in 1434 to the master and college of Higham Ferrers. 27 This college had been founded by Henry Chicheley, Archbishop of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough and market town, lies 16 miles (27 km.) north of Oxford and 5 miles (9 km.) south of Banbury in the north … 19 The foundations of a large building, possibly Romano-British, were discovered on the site of the post-inclosure … house abutting to the south, it formed the ancient college leasehold estate called Maund's Farm after a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Deerhurst DEERHURST The parish of Deerhurst lies almost entirely between the River Severn … and the main Gloucester Tewkesbury road, 8 miles north of Gloucester and 3 miles south of Tewkesbury. The parish had … in 1448 the priory and its property were granted to Eton College and in 1467 passed to Tewkesbury Abbey. 94 The …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… written in antient records, Detlinges. The VILLAGE of Detling is situated at the foot of the chalk hills, the … in the 19th year of king Richard II. to his new founded college of All Saints, in Maidstone; but the patronage of the … among other premises. Upon the dissolution of the above college, in the 1st year of king Edward VI. the rectory, as …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xi cent.); Denecheswrth (xiii cent.). The small parish of Denchworth covers 1,041 acres of low-lying ground between … William's son William 21 who in 1758 sold it to Worcester College, Oxford, to which it has since belonged. Worcester College, Oxford. Or two cheversons gules between six martlets …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parishes Denham DENHAM Daneham (xi cent.). The parish of Denham contains 3,939 acres. Of this, 1,308 acres consist of arable land, 1,747 of … occur are included in the Harleian collection at the British Museum, and are given in many cases in extenso and …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… AS far as lies within this county, is within the hundred of Blackheath, and was so named from the deep ford here over … to have had an alteration granted to his arms; for in the British museum 23 is a warrant of Charles II. given at Castle … of presentation of one poor person to queen Elizabeth's college, in Greenwich, founded by William Lambarde, esq. …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the south. The village is situated a little to the north of the main road from Wantage to Wallingford. Between the church of All Saints and the Manor Farm, occupied by Mr. Dennis … in the names of the Principal and Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford, representing a sum of stock, which is …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Dudington (xiii cent.); Dydyngton (xiv cent.). The parish of Diddington contains 1,292 acres of land. The soil is loam … manor for life to Walter de Merton the founder of Merton College, Oxford, whom he describes as his colleague and … to Walter de Merton, 89 who in turn gave it to his college at Oxford, before 1279, when the vicarage was …