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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in 15334, 97 and in 1555 by John Farley of Stratford sub Castle whose relict Elizabeth, then wife of Richard Ockeden, …
A History of the County of Durham
… though a stiff clay'; there was no wood growing on the castle demesne or elsewhere in that part of the country. 4 In … going north from the Bishop of Durham's manor-house or castle, long ago destroyed, to the old parish church at … de Claxton in or before 1384, when John de Nevill, lord of Raby, confirmed the same. 348 The court rolls show demises of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Earls of Warwick, 3 forming part of the honour of Elmley Castle, 4 of which Stockton was held as late as 15423. 5 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… a third of the cost of maintenance of two serjeants doing castle ward at Brecknock for fifteen days. 66 Ralph de Frene, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Her royalist husband Sir William Ogle held Winchester Castle against the Parliament from 1643 until Cromwell besieged the city and castle and forced him to surrender in October, 1645. Cromwell gave Dame Charity special permission to leave the castle and seek safety, but worn out by her long and troubled …
A History of the County of Rutland
… the Inclosure Act for Liddington in 1798. 3 Neville of Raby. Gules a saltire argent. Manor STOKE ( DRY) was entered … wife of Robert Fitz Meldred, and so to the Nevilles of Raby. 5 Hasculf de Neville with Christine his wife, who held …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1279 from Alexander de Hameldon by the service of castle guard at Windsor. 132 It is not clear where he lived, … 8 d., from which a payment of 6 s. 8 d. was made to Oxford castle. 172 The Preceptory of Sandford, belonging first to …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the fief, extending into twelve counties, which had Dudley Castle for its head. 66 In the 13th century Stoke Poges Manor … in 1357. 94 He and his wife were imprisoned at Nottingham Castle and Cambridge Castle, 95 and in 1359 William his son obtained seisin of his …
A History of the County of Somerset
… and a cross stood at its junction with Upper Street. 9 Castle Street, formerly Stone or Stone's Lane, 10 runs … Street, parallel with High Street, passing the site of the castle. Wherlygog Lane was so named in 1776. 11 Eastwards … in Wherlygog Lane and at the eastern end of the present Castle Street. There were also rows of cottages on the waste …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was united in the hands of Lord Macclesfield of Shirburn castle with whose descendants it still remained in 1960. …