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A History of the County of Stafford
… was said in 1432 to belong to the Sutton or Dudley family, 36 to whom the other half of the Dudley barony had … held by Roger Basset, and it later passed to the Vernon family of Nether Haddon (Derb.). 55 Sir William Vernon held … Nall. 60 By 1566 it had been acquired by the Skeffington family of Fisherwick (in St. Michael's, Lichfield), who had …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in the area continued to be held in trust for the Dawes family until 1916. The property consisted of two farms, … century it was occupied as a farm by members of the Hall family. It was demolished between July 1894 and February … Green later known as Dunkirk was the home of the Rider family by the 16th century. Riders occur at West Bromwich in …
A History of the County of Stafford
… chapel in 1847 largely with the help of the Spittle family, local coalmasters. 86 In 1849 the chapel became the … Schools in Spon Lane, founded and owned by the Kenrick family, who were prominent Unitarians. 89 In 1868 the …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the West Bromwich headquarters of the West Midlands Family Planning Association. 57 The cemetery in Heath Lane …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 62 The Riders, however, were the main Roman Catholic family. 63 Simon Rider, who settled in West Bromwich in 1580, … a house there every week to instruct the children of the family, but non-Catholics too proved eager to attend. He … Clermont, Sir John Fortescue, Knight, his Life, Works, and Family Hist. ii. (priv. print. 1869), 292-3; above p. 18. An …
A History of the County of Stafford
… West Bromwich Liberal and a member of a prominent local family of ironfounders, bought the concern and went into … 14, H.C. (1854), xix. Mary Bache, Salter, the Story of a Family Firm (West Bromwich, 1960), 21-2, 28-9, 38, 83-4. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 12 and there was coalmining there by 1309. 13 The Golde family was living there in 1332 and probably by the later … north-west of the parish may take its name from the Golde family. 37 It was the scene of mining by the 1760s, and the … 64 Near by was the Dunkirk estate, the home of the Rider family by the late 16th century; 65 Ryders Green to the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Lewknor, 11 died in possession of it. It remained in the family until the death (s.p.) in 1706 of John Lewknor who … in 1469. 41 The next owners of the manor were the family of Dawtrey. Sir John Dawtrey inherited it from his … and died possessed of it in 1550. 42 It continued in the family of Dawtrey until 1624, when Francis Dawtrey conveyed …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… This 'moor' may have given its name to the great Liverpool family of Moore, More, or de la More. Between the Pool and … of the borough is singularly scanty. But the Ferrers family appear to have respected the burghal liberties, and to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Clarborough is noted; this was Roger de Buslies, and the family of Maresey held that of the Lancaster fee, as in …