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A History of the County of Hampshire
… and was elevated to the peerage as Lord Bolton of Bolton Castle (co. Yorks.) on 20 Oct. 1797. He was succeeded in 1807 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… to the chapel of St. George, which he had built in his castle of Oxford. 254 The endowment of this chapel was given …
Magna Britannia
… Leland, speaking of this neighbourhood, says, "Combe Castle " ubi loci vestigia, and Pencombe a little foreland, … with various druidical remains 3, are the remains of a castle, which is mentioned by William of Worcester in his … On the manor of Lelant and Trevellow is Tregenna castle, the seat of Mr. Stephens, built by his father, on an …
Magna Britannia
… prebends, formerly belonging to the ancient chapel of the Castle at Exeter: it is now held under the prebendary, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… are several other large houses in the village. Bell's Castle is a Gothic house with mock ramparts standing in a … Beauchamp, who was lord of the near-by manor of Elmley Castle (Worcs.). The elder son, William Beauchamp, Earl of … p. 212. MS. penes Adm. Sir Deric Holland-Martin, of Bell's Castle; local information. Ex inf. Mr. G. H. Mumford. Worcs. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in France, their residence there being called Grandison castle, a man of great account with that prince, who employed … he obtained a grant of the office of constable of Dover-castle, and warden of the five ports, to him and his heirs … of an estate tail of the office of constable of Dover-castle, and warden of the five ports, by virtue of the patent …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… was part of those lands assigned for the defence of Dover castle, to John de Fienes, who was constable of that … a certain number of soldiers for the defence of that castle, and of him and his heirs this manor was held in capite by castle-guard service from time to time. In the reign of king …
A History of the County of Warwick
… east to run, as Finham Brook, through the town below the Castle, where it was dammed in medieval times to form the … south along the road, at right angles to the stream, to Castle End and the modern church of St. John at the point … there was a separate community on the Warwick Road in the Castle Manor, which accounts for what, even to-day, seem like …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… remain; but his son John Best, afterwards of Allington castle, alienated this seat to Sir William Hall, who resided …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… after wards held it in capite by barony, as of the king's castle of Dover. In his descendants Keston continued till … Robert, LL.D. and Sir James Burrow of Sterborough castle. Christopher, esq. the eldest son, was of London, and … and chancellor of the exchequer, constable of Dover-castle and lord-warden of the cinque ports, &c. &c. and prime …