Search
A History of the County of Sussex
… Goring who had bought it from the Dacres. 30 In the Dobell family Streat manor remained for six generations. The first …
A History of the County of Surrey
… fourth son John, who succeeded his elder brother in the family title and estates in 1732, 84 and with them of the … of Clapham, from whom it probably came into the Borradaile family (connected with Lloyds, the bankers). Richardson … Leigham Wood, 163 but it was acquired by the Howland family in 1598. 164 A copyhold estate in the detached portion …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Farm, now Thurle Grange, formerly belonged to the Pusey family and was bought by Capt. T. J. Bowles, from whom it … Dean of Lichfield. 89 The manor descended in the Samborne family with Moulsford (q.v.), and in 1668 both were purchased … in the 18th century. One moiety was acquired by the Rush family. In 1719 Samuel Rush the younger and his wife Sarah …
A History of the County of Bedford
… sixteenth century, but proof of its descent in the Butler family may be found in an inquisition taken after the death … date conveyed by trustees to Oliver Luke, 23 by whose family it was retained until 1725, when Nicholas Luke … Cobb to George and John Smythe, representatives of whose family hold it at the present day. 27 The hamlet of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… probably led to the provision of housing by the Clark family. 'Superior cottages' were built in the 1850s in … for Cyrus Clark, marked the removal of some of the family to more rural surroundings in the east of the parish. … members in 1838. 75 From the later 19th century the Clark family, by then the major employer in Street, 76 did much to …
A History of the County of Worcester
… to hold for service of two knights' fees. 19 The St. Leger family held for a short time, Reginald de St. Leger … of interesting monuments, mostly to members of the Russell family. The earliest are two brasses on the chancel floor, …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the Honour of Huntingdon, and followed the descent of the Hastings purparty. 17 The overlordship was somewhat … overlord had done. With the assignment of their share, the Hastings received in 1241 the services of William for one … of Roger Beler, 81 but there are signs that the Stoke family, who also seem to have given their name to Stoke …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Stretton Baskerville was considered to be a part of Burton Hastings, 2 and Dugdale, writing about the same time, states … the Conquest. 6 The connexion of the village with the family giving its distinguishing name dates back to the reign … the neighbouring manor of Shelford or Sherford in Burton Hastings (q.v.), and Stretton Baskerville descended with this …
A History of the County of Warwick
… fee here in 1235. 6 The overlordship continued in his family 7 until the death of Roger de Toeny in 1308, when it … a son Robert then aged 5. 27 This estate continued in the family until it was acquired by the Ecclesiastical … by Leuric. 47 The overlordship descended in the Stafford family, 48 being last mentioned in 1509, when the manor was …
A History of the County of Warwick
… same rent but for a consideration of 30 marks, to Henry de Hastings, son and heir of Sir Henry de Hastings. 12 He or his son Sir John subinfeudated Thomas de … and Richard, and their heirs successively. 14 The Bray family continued to be tenants of the Hastings (later Earls …