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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… or Averenches, by knight's service, and ward to Dover castle, by a family who took their surname from it; one of … or Folkestone, by knight's service, and ward to Dover castle, by a family of the same name; after which it became …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… a cottage in Yanworth was described in 1355 as being at a castle 91 and a spur north-east of the church overlooking the side valley was known later as Castle hill 92 there is no direct evidence of a castle being built in Yanworth in historic times. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the grant to Sir Richard Damory, constable of Oxford castle and sheriff, stated that the rent formerly paid would …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… wife of Thomas Orde, who was created Lord Bolton of Bolton Castle on 20 October 1797. 65 In 1817 William Powlett, Lord …
Magna Britannia
… held an estate called Hurden and Helland, under Launceston castle, in the reign of James I. 5 The barton of Brodes, or … written in the reign of Edward IV., speaks of Helston Castle, some time the residence of Edmund, Earl of Cornwall, … It appears by the charter, that there was at that time a castle 27 as well as a convent on the Mount. In the reign of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… about the road from York and just west of the site of the castle. The church stands at the north side of the … down the middle of the High Street and its continuation Castle Gate. Behind the church is the interesting building … pediment over. On the same side, opposite the road to the castle, is a two-story house of the same date and character, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… it away to his brother William Crispe, lieutenant of Dover castle, who died possessed of it about the 18th year of queen …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Penshurst and the Medway, flowing near the walls of Hever castle, about a quarter of a mile southward from which is the … by his son, Reginald lord Cobham, who was of Sterborough castle, in Surry, whence this branch was stiled Cobhams of … time this seat seems to have been constantly called HEVER-CASTLE. He died in the 30th of the same reign, possessed of …
A History of the County of Hertford
… entrenched earthwork in the parish, known as Ravensburgh Castle. 2 A little stream taking its rise near Ravensburgh Castle used to flow open along the village road. It is now …
A History of the County of Oxford
… front are all of one light, disguised to resemble sashes. Castle Farm, east of Dunthrop, probably named after a family … son Sir John (d. c. 1356), sheriff and keeper of Oxford castle in 1333, and several times knight of the shire. 53 Sir … because of the loss of the two fields to Walk farm. Castle farm in the east comprised 173 a. in 1759, but as a …