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A History of the County of Oxford
… at an early date to the church of St. George in Oxford castle and passed in 1149 to Oseney Abbey. 297 In 1535 … Chart. R. 13411417, 319; cf. F. N. Macnamara, 'Donnington Castle', Berks. Arch. Jnl. iv. 4860; C. C. Brookes, Hist. of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… of varying ages, and lies in the south-west. Bletsoe Castle lies on the east of the main road passing through the village. South of the castle on the same side lies the church of St. Mary. Some … dwelling-house of Bletsoe. 33 At the present day Bletsoe Castle, part of a late 16th-century stone mansion with modern …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… 1762. 22 John Phillips, the king's carpenter at Windsor Castle, 23 then bought the manor, holding his first court in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 The 'Hawk and Partridge', 'Joiners' Arms', 'Elephant and Castle', and 'Red Lion' were among the six. Three of these … found. An earthwork near Upper Grove Mill, marked as a castle on a map of 1882, 10 has not been excavated and its … Street to the Great Bridge and on to the 'Elephant and Castle', where it again turned left to join the present …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… 40 s. a year, by the serjeanty of serving in Portchester Castle, with a 'habergellum' in time of war for twenty (or …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Clifford was descended from ancestors seated at Clifford-castle, in Herefordshire, as early as the beginning of Henry … Edw. Diggs, the fifth son of Thomas Diggs, esq. of Chilham-castle, who dying s. p she again married colonel Robert …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to hold the manor in chief as part of his honor of Elmley Castle (Worcs.). Boddington manor was divided between …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Sway ' for which the prior was liable in 1263 to provide castle guard for eight days in time of war for the castle of Christchurch. 100 In the following century the … the Dissolution, 114 at which time it was held by John Castle and Joan his wife and their son William for their …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Townshend, 17 after which it descended with Tamworth Castle and was bought by the Corporation of Tamworth in 1897. …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Chan. Inq. p.m. (Ser. 2), ccxxxviii, 95; cccxx, 70. See Castle Bolton, parish of Wensley. G.E.C. Peerage, vii, 88. …