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A History of the County of Oxford
… In the 17th century when it was the property of the Sedley family and of Sir Charles Sedley, the dramatist, its name was … coach having broken down. 41 Of its inhabitants the Petty family achieved a local position of some importance and one … since he was omitted from Thame Abbey's prayers for his family. 63 Robert the son of William and Emma had succeeded …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Tetworth and Weston with Richard de Argentein 10 whose family held the manor of Weston Argentein in Weston. Roger … are the following monuments: In the chancel, to the Astell family, viz.: William, d. 1741; Frances his daughter, d. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 4 The overlordship of Tewin descended in the Valognes family, and, being apportioned about 1240 to the youngest of … manor was sold to George third Earl Cowper, 31 in whose family it has since remained, 32 Katrine Cecilia Countess … was living in 1331, 52 but nothing more is known of his family. In the 14th century another manor of Tewin appears …
A History of the County of Surrey
… name is applied to a manor in several deeds of the Evelyn family in the 17th century, but it was probably used as an … 22 Before 1613 the manor was in the hands of the Evelyn family, and in that year Thomas Evelyn, who then held it, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… the manor-house of Cockering, formerly possessed by a family of the same name, it has for some length of time … It was in early times both the property and residence of a family, who took their name from it, and bore for their arms, … and was buried in the cathedral of Canterbury. From this family it afterwards passed into that of Browne, of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Langford. Rainsford's Farm was in the tenure of the Tull family in the 17th century. 5 Other place-names of interest … value of 20 a year. 124 This closed the connexion of his family with Crookham, and after his death in 1321 his widow … who then became lord of Crookham, married Elizabeth Hastings, a descendant of Margaret the last Countess of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… onwards, and generally met in buildings belonging to the family of Fordham, 6 who occupied the demesne lands of … and Elizabeth, 75 who married respectively Sir Richard Hastings, kt., and Thomas Clarell of Aldwark, co. Yorks. 76 … Inq. p.m. 7 Hen. IV, no. 52. Foster, loc. cit. Sir Richard Hastings left no children (Chan. Inq. p.m. 15 Hen. VI, 58). …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… the 17th century the Grange was demised to members of the family known as 'the Askwiths (Ayscoughs) of Osgodby,' 53 …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… inns, of which the 'Three Tuns,' belonging to the Bell family, is a large three-storied building with a Georgian … Grunesdiche in fee. 34 It came into the possession of the family of Bell, and in 1667 was conveyed by Robert Bell and … Carlton Miniott in 1333. 186 Very little is known of the family of Miniott, who seem to have given to this Carlton its …
A History of the County of Rutland
… and it has been thought that this Hugh was ancestor of the family of Bussey (Busey, Bushey, Bucy) who later held the manor. The Busseys were a Lincolnshire family; Hugh de Bussey presented to the church of Merston … it had been some 400 years in the male line of the Bussey family. Jane Bussey, aunt of Agnes, had married Thomas Meres …