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A History of the County of York North Riding
… makes the Conyers family hereditary constables of Durham Castle from the time of William the Conqueror, 18 and … in 1144 he succeeded in compelling him to surrender Durham Castle. 25 Earlier in the struggle he had fortified his own …
A History of the County of Warwick
… the earth-work known as Hob's Moat, 3 the site of a former castle, and shortly after passing Tan House Farm joins the … been in the district now known as Olton, where traces of a castle and park were found so late as the 17th century. 117 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the town were turnpiked by the Langport, Somerton, and Castle Cary trust in 1753, the stretch from Cary bridge to … as the present course of the railway. 47 The link between Castle Cary and Langport was constructed in 1906, involving a … for a tramway linking the town with Keinton Mandeville, Castle Cary, and Evercreech were put forward in 1891, 1892, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… can still be seen marking the site of the medieval castle of the De Greys. 14 An extent of 1295 mentions its … a new manor-house on another site, but the chapel in the castle yard was still standing in 1580 when Thomas Fermor … obligation to find three knights for the garrison of Dover castle throughout the year. 68 In practice, however, Somerton …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… fit for timber for the repair of the bridge at Windsor Castle. 28 In 1276 the liberties claimed by the bishop … 'Le Bisshopesber.' Geoffrey de Pycford, keeper of the castle and forest of Windsor, appropriated and afforested … She remained there after his death in 1399 in Pontefract Castle, and was visited in 1400 by John Earl of Salisbury, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of Berkeley impaled with a quarterly coat of Nevill of Raby (Nevill Earl of Salisbury would be the more natural …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 50 Souldern became attached to the honor of Richard's Castle by the marriage of Eustachia de Say to Hugh … Thomas de Arderne, 54 a tenant of the honor of Richard's Castle at Astwood Savage (Worcs.), 55 to whom her brother … continued to follow the descent of the honor of Richard's Castle. 57 Hugh de Say, Lucy's brother, was succeeded by his …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… at the entrance to the village are the ruins of Upsall Castle. The castle was probably begun by the Geoffrey Scrope who bought … in 15767 the Crown made a grant of 'the old site of the castle of Upsall.' 7 The castle is mentioned in a conveyance …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… acquired in 1885 by Mr. John Kirby Hedges of Wallingford Castle, 55 whose daughters and co-heirs are the present …
A History of the County of Oxford
… he held the Arsic fee for the service of 1 knight for castle-guard at Dover, and about that time granted an estate … worth c. 6 6 s. a year, 'Dover rents' (commutation of the castle guard at Dover), and other rights and royalties. 91 … of Arsic the villeins contributed to Robert's payment for castle ward at Dover, worked every other working day from St. …