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A History of the County of Essex
… GOVERNMENT. In 1253 Warin de Munchensy obtained a grant of free warren in his Fordham land. 10 He also withdrew three … tourn. By 1274 Reynold Argentine had withdrawn one suit of court from the hundred court, from Richard of Fordham's tenement in Great Fordham, and held view …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… AND OTHER ESTATES. Probably in the 970s Beorhtnoth, abbot of Ely, bought at Fordham from Grim son of Oswulf c. 2 hides, shortly exchanged with Ulf for 2 … the former royal demesne manor had been granted in 1174 to Henry de Kemesek. 21 About 1190 he was succeeded as tenant by …
A History of the County of Essex
… Fordham, which had been held by Esbern in 1066, was held of Hugh de Gurnai in 1086 by Geoffrey as a manor and 2 hides. … it to William de Munchensy (d. before 1204). William's son Warin de Munchensy (d. 1255), held it in 1253; 94 and the … grandson, also Sir Edward Nevill, by whose attainder Henry VIII acquired the manor and gave it, named as Fordham …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Fordingbridge, Ringwood and S. divisions of the county of … established nearly a century ago, is the property of Mr. Richard Tyrer. Formby Hall is the seat of the Formby family. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forest of Dean Bounds of the forest BOUNDS OF THE FOREST For much of … early Norman kings or of Miles, earl of Hereford, and his son Roger, who ruled the Forest betweeen 1139 and 1154, is … both were incorrect and the extensions were made under Henry II. In 1167, when heavy fines for forest offences were …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forest of Dean Churches CHURCHES Before the 19th century the royal … 18 A society formed at Coleford under the auspices of Henry Ryder, the new bishop of Gloucester, in 1815 to sell … and north organ chamber, designed by the firm of Waller, Son, and Wood for the vicar, Christopher Barnes, in 1884 and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forest of Dean Education EDUCATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. The … school in his new chapel at Berry Hill and was followed by Henry Berkin, who established a similar school at Holy Trinity church near Drybrook in 1819, and by Henry Poole, who provided schools for Parkend and Bream in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forest of Dean Forest administration FOREST ADMINISTRATION EARLY … of custody of the Forest. The lord of the manor, William son of Norman, 84 was the first of a family which was later … Forest waste, probably by deliberate policy. 88 A grant by Henry I of the tithes of venison from his forests of Dean and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forest of Dean Industry INDUSTRY Its timber and mineral resources … the period, 16 as they did after 1668 when Terringham's son Francis (d. by 1675) acquired a new lease of the … sought permission to dig for yellow ochre 22 and in 1634 Henry Hippon and Edward Lassells wanted, in return for taking …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forest of Dean Local government and public services LOCAL GOVERNMENT … provisions for poor relief and other functions of parish government were unusual. In the 1670s and the … on the Abbots wood estate were maintained by its owner, Henry Crawshay. Several of them were declared public rights …