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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Radnage (xvi cent. onwards). Radnage is a border parish of 1,368 acres, of which 903 are arable and 250 permanent grass. 1 The soil … second husband granted the reversion of Radnage to Eton College with the consent of William brother and heir of her …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Ramsbury RAMSBURY Ramsbury is 9 km. east of Marlborough. 1 Before the Norman Conquest it was the seat … times; 34 Membury's site near an Iron-Age fort and the British element in its name suggest pre-Saxon settlement. 35 … its revenues could be used by Cardinal Wolsey for Cardinal College, Oxford. Eastridge was granted to Wolsey in 1526. 441 …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… on the Cambridgeshire border. It consists almost wholly of fen-land which falls in many places to only 3 ft. above … the third quarter of the 16th century Gonville and Caius College, King's College and Trinity College, Cambridge, were all very largely …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Danegeld at one Car. and a Half for his Manor. The Land of it was three Carucats. 1 Afterwards Fredgis and Ulviet … Vill. six Bord, having four Car. and eighteen Acres of Meadow, and the Seat of a Fishing and a Half, and a Third … Robert Daincurt, and Hawisia, his Wife, for their Soul's Health, gave to God and St. Mary of Radeclive, one Toft …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the two limbs is occupied by the Oxfordshire parish of Hornton, from which Ratley is separated by a small stream. From Sugarswell Barns at the south-west corner of the parish the boundary runs north-eastwards following a … and was purchased during the Commonwealth by St. John's College, Oxford, who had to return it at the Restoration. 78 …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xi cent.); Raines (xvi cent.). The ecclesiastical parish of Raunds, which contains about 4,460 acres, touches … than local fame. John Grimbald, the builder of Trinity College library at Cambridge and part of Clare College, was … of Northants. ii, 186. Sketches of the subjects are in the British Museum, Add. MS. 32467, ff. 2201. They represent (i) …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… at first, Raculf, and afterwards Raculf-cester, on account of its castle, and Raculf-minister, on account of the monastery built at it. By the survey of Domesday it … of the lower empire. 2 Here have been likewise found those British coins of the metal called electrum, one fourth gold …
A History of the County of Durham
… Redmershill (xiii cent.). The parish is composed of three townships: Redmarshall, in which is the church, … one of his special friends, and given to Merton College, Oxford, which he founded. 76 The college possesses deeds relating to the place from 1200 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… west, by 3 miles north and south, and contains 5,871 acres of land and 34 of water. The parish extends from the crest of … of hut floors were also found. 9 Two bronze armlets and British coins have also been found on Reigate Heath, 10 and … but ultimately 21 had to undertake the repairs. Reigate (British) School, High Street, was built in 1852, enlarged in …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… (xv cent.); Remaham, Remnam (xvi cent.). The parish of Remenham is situated in a bend of the Thames on the slope … 1709 the gift of the living had been purchased by Jesus College, Oxford, 78 with whom it has since remained. 79 … op. cit. ii, 480. Inst. Bks. (P.R.O.). In 1798 Queen's College presented, probably pro hac vice. …