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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Screveton SCREVETON. And Kirketon. Besides that which was of the Soc of Orston, which in the Consessor's Time was rated to the … Divinity, Walter of Pembroke-Hall, and Thomas of Trinity-College, in Cambridge; and John Whalley, another Brother, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Seagry SEAGRY Seagry 1 is 8.5 km. north-east of Chippenham. The ancient parish, with which this article … in 1930 to D. Potter. In 1939 D. Potter sold it to Trinity College, Cambridge. J. B. Stafford bought it from the college in 1984, 99 and in 1984 sold it to A. J. Biggin & …
A History of the County of Somerset
… St. Michael SEAVINGTON ST. MICHAEL The ancient parish of Seavington St. Michael occupies 286 a. of the fertile … in Crown hands until 1551, when it was given to Winchester college. 44 The college sold its holding, no longer described as a manor, in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… SELLING. ADJOINING to Boughton southward lies the parish of Selling, on the south or opposite side of the London road … became part of the possessions of Corpus Christi college, in Oxford, where they remain at this time, the … in the East, London, and late fellow of All Souls college, Oxford, obt. 1596. Under the upper south chancel is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Semley SEMLEY The lands of Semley parish, 21 km. west of Salisbury and adjoining … Semley and Donhead St. Andrew parishes, on roll. 417 A British school and a private school were open in 1871; 418 no … manors; inf. from Mr. J. S. Fletcher, Messrs. Trethowan, College Chambers, New St., Salisbury. Below, Tisbury, manors; …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… NEXT southward from Seale lies the parish and town of SEVENOKE, called, in the Textus Roffensis, SEOUENACCA, … privy council, and next year was commander in chief of the British forces in Germany; but before the end of it he gave … to the founding and endowment of two scholarships in Jesus College, in Cambridge, of twelve pounds per annum each; the …
A History of the County of Bedford
… parish 9 miles north-west from Bedford. It covers an area of 2,467 acres, of which 853 acres are arable land and 1,305 acres permanent … been found of a seventh SHARNBROOK MANOR. Higham Ferrers College, which was founded by Henry Chicheley in 1422, 98 …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Shawe (xiiixvii cent.); Shaw (xvii cent.). The parish of Shaw lies on the north side of the valley of the Lambourn, … in the churchyard, and the urn was apparently sent to the British Museum. 4 Fragments of Romano-British pottery and … Richard Betfield, who granted it immediately to Winchester College. 35 The college was holding the manor in 1428, 36 and …
A History of the County of Essex
… Sheering SHEERING Sheering lies immediately north-east of Harlow, on the east bank of the river Stort, which form the parish and county boundary … in 1699 by Christ Church, Oxford, with money left to the college by John Fell (d. 1686), dean and bishop of Oxford. It …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to Ashford leads through this parish, from the former of which it is distant between five and six miles, it lies … with it part of the possessions of the free chapel or college of St. Stephen, in Westminster, till its dissolution … of Selling, to the president and fellows of Corpus Christi college, in Oxford, in whom it still continues vested. A …