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A History of the County of Bedford
… schools and then come the almshouses, behind which is the manor-house, the seat of Mr. A. A. Armstrong, which stands in … having a thin wooden cornice and slate roof. East of the manor-house are a few buildings of half-timber construction … of Kempston, is a moat, probably marking the site of the manor-house where the Snowes lived in the 16th century. In …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lands were seised on, as escheats to the crown; and this manor, then valued at thirty-six pounds per annum, as appears … coheirs; and upon the partition of their interest in the manor of Kemsing, it seems to have become the sole property … of the king's palace, as well as in the possession of this manor, by Roger his nephew, son of Hugh his brother, chief …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… of the justices of the corporation of Romney Marsh. The manor of Apledore claims over the southern part of this … themselves in the adjoining parish of Apledore. THE MANOR OF HORNE, alias KENARDINGTON was part of those lands … the defence of that castle, and of him and his heirs this manor was held in capite by castle-guard service from time to …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Street and parts adjacent to it were situated in the Abbey Manor and there was a separate community on the Warwick Road in the Castle Manor, which accounts for what, even to-day, seem like two … separate places, divided by the present Abbey Fields. Each manor had a Court Leet, 2 many of whose duties, with others, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… to the abbey of St. Augustine, near Canterbury, the manor of it being afterwards called, from the low situation of the courtlodge of it near the river, The Manor Of Coning brooke, alias Kennington. Although there is no mention of this manor among the lands and possessions of that abbey, in the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… stands in the north; Burystead farm-house, once the manor-house, has been much altered, but a little of the old … A few smaller houses with the Pack Horse Inn, at which the manor-courts are now held triennially, complete the Lynch. … Flexwey, Huckesho Lane, Tittenhanger Close. MANORS The manor of KENSWORTH, like the neighbouring manor of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… which was cast up by Sir Christopher Heydon, lord of that manor, in the reign of queen Elizabeth, at the time he had … mentioned, who was before tenant to the bishop for this manor, became immediate tenant to the crown for it, of which … 4 after which it appears, that William de Pefun held this manor in the reign of king Edward I. as half a knights fee, …
A History of the County of Northampton
… probably before, Kettering was a prosperous agricultural manor and grew into a trading town with the grant to the … Francis Sawyer, brother of Edward Sawyer who lived at the Manor House in 1638, refused to pay this tax and assaulted … court and we have references to the bailiff of the manor as the principal official of the manor and town and the …
A History of the County of Rutland
… of the church, marks the site of the chief messuage of the manor held before the Dissolution by the Priory of Sempringham. Blore states that the Greenham Manor house was situated about a quarter of a mile south-east … co-heirs, but its later history is uncertain. In 1526 the manor was said to be held of John Caldecott, 18 by the …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Dudley the son of Elizabeth, Baroness Lisle, lady of the manor of Kingston Lisle 5 in Berkshire, had an estate at Kew. … School, see Richmond, to which parish it properly belongs. MANOR KEW formed part of the royal manor of Richmond (q.v.). The name occurs in a Richmond Court …