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The Later Records relating to North Westmorland
… Station; the Roman fort of Brocavum and the later Norman Castle. THE CASTLE AND MANOR. The great road from Carlisle to York … ways, led the Norman, many centuries later, to erect his castle here. When the English king, in 1157, demanded that …
A History of the County of Leicester
… In 1265 the then Sir Richard de Grey, constable of Dover Castle, who had fought for his lord, Simon de Montfort, at …
A History of the County of Leicester
… of the area there is a rectangular earthwork, known as Castle Hill, about 200 yards long and about 130 yards wide. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… hides paying geld. 7 It was held in chief as member of the castle of Colwyn by the service of finding one man at Colwyn … Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, 9 and then passed with Elmley Castle, 10 whose descent it followed until it came to the … It has since followed the descent of the manor of Elmley Castle, 33 Mr. James Arthur Jones being the present owner. …
Magna Britannia
… that he has seen records, which prove that there was a castle at Axminster, probably a seat of the Lords Brewer. The …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Elmley, and seems to have followed the descent of Elmley Castle 10 until about the middle of the 13th century, 11 when … From this time the manor was held of the honour of Elmley Castle (Chan. Inq. p.m. [Ser. 2], xxxix, 128; cccxxv, 181). …
A History of the County of Stafford
… of a bridge at Acton Mill. John Linacres of Forebridge (in Castle Church parish) left a yearly rent in 1577 for the … inhabitants of Acton Trussell, Burton and Rickerscote (in Castle Church parish), and Dunston (in Penkridge parish), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… predecessor. Compared with Wroxton Abbey, Broughton Castle, or even Hanwell Castle, the 17th-century house was small. Its owner, the … that if the parliamentary forces then besieging Banbury Castle won they would seize the profits of the manor. 181 …
Magna Britannia
… the vicarage. In this township is the site of an ancient castle, of the possessors of which, we find no record or … John exchanged it with John Aglionby, Esq. for Drumburgh castle: it is now the property and residence of Mrs. Eliz. … with a deep double ditch, most probably the site of a castle anciently belonging to the Stotevilles, and afterwards …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of the church there seem to be traces of earthworks, and Castle Hill preserves the name of the castle which Robert Aguillon had licence to embattle in 1270. The site of the castle lies half a mile east of Castle Hill Farm and occupies …