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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… received from Queen Mary a grant of stone from Cambridge castle with which to rebuild his house. 134 Date-stones of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… it for life to the successive constables of Scarborough Castle. 86 It is customary for the steward of the manor on … into the possession of Eustace son of John who held the castle of Malton against the king. 100 Eustace, with the … For that place, not yet identified, ward was done at the castle of 'Rophecester' (Coram Rege R. 31, m. 8 d. Printed in …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… by the fact that the lords of the manor of Seacourt owed castle ward at Windsor. 10 There is now no building on the … the Seacourts had held their lands 36; 20 s. was due for castle ward at the castle of Windsor. 37 After the deaths of the younger …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… to have been used as a dower-house, 4 and is called a castle in 1547. 5 Henry Lord Percy in 1349 bequeathed 1 mark … prisoners having been sent from York gaol to Scarborough Castle, the convoy was attacked at Seamer on its way home by … chantries of Seamer. 77 There were two chantries in 'the castle' in 1547, and they were said to be necessary for …
A History of the County of Somerset
… In 1431 the manor was said to be held of Lord Zouche as of Castle Cary in socage. 26 Alice Vaux, the first known tenant …
A History of the County of Somerset
… around the 200 ft. contour, rising to 215 ft. at Gummer's Castle 2 near the eastern boundary, and falling away gently … 88 though in the former Nether field, south of Gummer's Castle, the process was still far from complete in 1932. 89 … 23/5; M. Fuller, West-Country Friendly Socs. 133; Taunton Castle, Newspaper cuttings. B.L. Harl. MS. 594, f. 56. L. & …
A History of the County of Warwick
… earthworks of a motte and bailey type of Norman castle. 1 Seckington is the 'Secandune' at which Ethelbald, …
A History of the County of Durham
… and a sham ruin representing the gateway of a mediaeval castle. This is 'furnished with a turret containing a stone … of Newton Hansard into the possession of John Nevill of Raby. 150 He granted this holding before 1400 to the Embleton … in the 16th century was received by the Nevills of Raby. 466 John son of Roger de Valoignes succeeded, and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… few signs of prehistoric activity. In the south-west the Castle, so called in the earlier 20th century, 14 is a … of Butterstake Lane in the early 19th century. 33 Near the Castle, near Pitts Farm, north of Church Farm, and in Street … Place, which may have stood on the earthwork called the Castle, and a close called East Hayes in 1559. 78 A house, …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… held here annually, on May 21st and Oct. 11th, for horses, castle and pedlary. There is a part of this parish, which … itinerant, holding it by knight's service, of Dover castle, this being one of those fees which made up the … them in the reign of Edward I. by knight's service, of the castle of Dover, being part of those which made up the …