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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… be seven, and that his ancestors performed the service of castle guard at Dover for them. Among many other acts of … of the manor of Erith, held of the king, as of his castle of Dover, by the service of two knights fees, as was … counties, recorded in the book of Domesday, besides the castle of Wigmore, which afterwards became the principal seat …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… and other properties including the Devizes parks and the castle. 31 At Matthew's death in 1309 the estate reverted to …
A History of the County of Rutland
… and the whole parish was inclosed by 1811. The site of the castle of Essendine, now overgrown with trees, is still to be … distinguished to the northeast of the church, though the castle itself has long since disappeared. The date of the building of the castle is unknown, but it was probably the work of the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… been, as a general rule, held at farm by the warden of the castle of Hertford. For these grants at farm see Bayford, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1086. 45 By 1228 the land was held for service at Devizes Castle by Ralph de Wilington (d. c. 1237), governor of the castle 12324, clearly of the manor of Keevil for which the earls of Arundel owed castle guard duties at Devizes. 46 Ralph was succeeded by his …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… an appreciable connexion. The constables of Windsor Castle were not infrequently lords of Eton; Crown lands in the latter place were administered from the castle, while John Brocas, surveyor of works in Windsor Castle in the 14th century, 9 appears to have owned land, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… by an annual payment of 18 s. to the constable of Windsor Castle, 65 this rent proceeding from a dairy-farm in … of the late 14th-century north-country houses, Bolton Castle, Lumley Castle, Snape Castle, &c., is worth pointing out. The main …
A History of the County of Surrey
… the latter character. Amongst the modern houses is Ewell Castle, built by Mr. Thomas Calverley in 1814 in an imitation … to Thomas Calverley, whose son Thomas built Ewell Castle on the site of the old family mansion. 48 He was …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and they are terminated by the town of Dover, its castle, and the sea, and beyond all, the Bologne hills on the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of the village. When King John was at Guildford and Knepp Castle in Sussex on the same day, 21 January 1215, in … or and gules a lion ermine and a quarter azure with a castle argent therein. It seems possible that the manor of …