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The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Under Hatfield's Survey William de Brus held the vill by knight's service and 15 s. rent. [Pedigree] y Pardon of … five acres of meadow, and Preston water-mill, held by knight's service, and by three suits at Lord Nevill's Court … of the manor of Nun Staynton 83, held of the Crown by knight's service. The descent of the family has been traced …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Sir Joseph Cradock, Knight, Commissary of Richmond. By her he had issue … of a messuage and eighty acres in Cornforth, held by knight's service, and 24 s. rent; and of a messuage and … A messuage and eighteen acres called Waytesplace, held by knight's service and 3 s. 4 d. val. 3 s. 4 d. A messuage …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… In 1422, Maud, widow of Sir John Claxton of Burnehall, Knight, died seized of a hundred acres in West-Boldon, called … help of the See of Durham by 5 s. rent, to Ralph Nevill, Knight 33; and at the same time John Hedworth alienated the … held the vill of Neuton by the fifteenth part of a knight's service 37; and Ralph, his son and successor, died …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… individuals represented. Of these three, the cross-legged knight in ring armour is probably of the age of Henry III. or … Le Spring, at Houghton (vol. I. p. 151), and to the dragon knight of Sockburne. Inscription, Gulielmus de Lumley primus … a curled beard. Here lieth Sir Marmaduke Lumley, Knight, and Dame Margaret his wife, daughter of Holland, …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… manor was held of the See of Durham by the service of one knight's fee, and 13 s. 4 d. exchequer rent 3. A subsequent Inquest states the tenure at half a knight's fee: the manor extended over Nether Conscliff and … of his very kind father Sir Francis Bowes, of Thornton, Knight, who died April y e xxiij, MDCLXXXVII. aged LXVI …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… widow of John Underwode, held three acres and a half by knight's service, and 15 d. and two burgages by fealty and … y e Bysshoprick of Duresme; S r Willyam Bulmer y e elder, Knight, Sheriff of y e same Bysshoprick; S r W m Eure, Knt.; … to hold of the Crown in chief, by the fortieth part of a knight's fee 81. In 1602 Andrew Palmer released to Thomas …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Gosforth, and half of Mileton, held by the service of one knight's fee 4. The gift of the Churches of Dinsdale and … of France, committed their wives to the custody of the knight of Dinsdale. A curious indenture in the Treasury … Ralph Fitz-William appears in his larger seal as an armed knight on horseback, with a sweeping foot-cloth, sigillum …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… called Holehouse, held of the Bishop by homage and half a knight's fee, which is the exact tenure of the manor of … South porch, under an arch, lies the recumbent effigy of a knight in a coat of chain armour; the legs are crossed, the … In the church-yard is another figure of a cross-legged knight in chain armour; both hands grasp the sword as in act …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… chiefly replaced by modern sashes. A recumbent effigy of a knight in armour lies in the nave under the arch in the North …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… of Amerston, held of the Queen by the fortieth part of a knight's fee 19. In 1600 John Heath, his son, sold the estate … and died without an heir,) held by the fourth part of a knight's fee 23, leaving Ralph Dacre his brother and heir, …