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An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Bigot, a Norman chief, ancestor of the Earls of Norfolk, and was a berewite depending on his lordship of Pentney, of which Hagane 1 was lord in the … 33 s. 4 d. The Church of East Walton is dedicated to St. Mary, and, together with the chapel of St. Andrew, was a …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… from Win, which in the British language signifies water, and Ic or Ise, a general name, in these parts for any stream … it was assigned to John Nevil Lord Latimer, and to Sir Anthony Wingfeld, by the marriage of Dorothy and Elizabeth, … old chapel and burialplace of the Howards, dedicated to St. Mary, as appears from the will of Sir Robert Howard who …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… survey no distinction is made of the townships of Great and Little Massingham, so that it seems at that time to be … there were also many other lordships which Godric (his bailiff) took care of, and also William de Noiers (as we … the Holy Trinity of Norwich, the advowson of the church of St. Mary of Massingham, belonging to this lordship: on his …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Massingham Parva MASSINGHAM PARVA. Great Massingham and little Massingham, as I have observed, were undivided … by deed, dated at Massingham Parva, on the feast of St. Ambrose. He died in 1393, and was buried in the chancel … VIII. by fine, with Anne his wife, to John Jenour and Anthony Brown. Soon after this, it came to the Mordants …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… as lying on a hill, surrounded with low grounds, marshes' and water, Mid-Le-Ton. Hugh de Montfort obtained it at the … attend his coronation, to be solemnized after the feast of St. Valentine, by writ dated at Dover, January 8. The Lady … died, as I take it, a minor, as appears from the will of Anthony Earl Rivers, who married his sister and heir. On the …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… was lord of it in the Confessor's time, a freeman, and had 2 carucates of land, 11 villains, 7 borderers, and 2 servi, with 30 acres of meadow; there were 2 carucates … this Hermerus assumed the name of Wirmegay, which town was his chief seat and residence: Richard de Wirmegay was father …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Freebridge Hundred North Wotton NORTH WOTTON. This and South Wotton, as I have observed, made, at the survey, … lord. King William II. granted it to William de Albini, his butler, together with Rysing, from which family it came … consent of his guardians. In this church were the gilds of St. Thomas, St. Ann, and the Virgin Mary, St. Mary's, and St. …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… Freebridge Hundred Pentney PENTNEY, Manor and Priory. Is a village, pent in, or surrounded with water, … This Robert founded the priory here for the souls of Agnes his wife, and their children, dedicated to the honour of the Holy Trinity, the blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Mary Magdalen, in the Isle, Eya, for canons regular of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… of Snetesham, consisting of one socman, 25 borderers, and 2 servi, who held one carucate of land, 6 acres of … been attainted, and it was then most likely granted to Anthony Woodvile, who was created Lord Scales, having married … Esq. and the lady Diana, his wife, rector of Tydd St. Gyles, in the Isle of Ely, and published 2 volumes of …
An Essay towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk
… in arms against the Conqueror, was deprived not only of his see of Canterbury, but of all his lay fees and inheritance, of which this was one; and was given by King … to be solemnized the Sunday next after the feast of St. Valentine, by writ dated at Dover, January 8. In the 12th …