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The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… Pleas and evidences Fos. 90-98 Fo. 90. The King to his well-beloved Rees ap Griffin, steward of Gardyganshire, and lawful lieutenant of our justiciar in the parts of West Wales and South Wales, greeting. We have received from John …
The Ledger Book of Vale Royal Abbey
… Pleas and evidences Fos.69-89 Fos. 69, 95. [ Over.] Memorandum of a certain settlement, taken, made and had, by the unanimous consent and assent as well of the … John for this corrody shall well and faithfully keep our woods of Weverham and le Henwode [so long] as he may be able, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Mansfield; containing, with the chapelry of Shirebrook and the hamlet of Stoney-Houghton, 679 inhabitants. The … is situated on the road from Nottingham to Chesterfield, and comprises about 3000 acres of land, chiefly arable; 300 … of which are here steep, and covered with fine hanging woods of oak; the prospect is very extensive. The impropriate …
The Environs of London
… PLUMSTEAD. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupied. Soil. Land-tax. This village lies in the hundred of Little and Lesnes, at the distance of ten miles from London, and one from Woolwich. The parish is bounded by Woolwich, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 2816 inhabitants. This place was formerly a market-town, and possessed also a charter for fairs. The parish comprises … Rev. H. J. Shackleton; impropriators, the Rev. S. Cooke, and the families of Patteson and Clements. At Shooters-Hill, which is partly in Plumstead, …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… to practise 7 Dec 1592 Entry Leonard Poe appeared and he confessed that he had practised medicine here in … to show in the next Comitia the letter obtained from and written on his behalf by the most worthy Councillors. … Letter said P had been very successful as a physician and guaranteed his abilities. Pressure applied by College yes …
Survey of London
… without Aldgate, brewer (see page 24). Between 1561 and 1575 Wilson's tenant enclosed this area and used it as a horse pasture, from which it and a small piece of land to the west later known as …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Political and Administrative History Political History to 1832 POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY POLITICAL HISTORY TO 1832 The … seem to date from the early 17th century, and reflect the doubling of the town's population from less …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… POLITICAL HISTORY Middlesex is bounded on the south, east, and west sides by the rivers Thames, Lea, and Colne … that they discovered his addition to the Charter of Forests-'saving the rights of the crown.' 86 There is nothing … 'aided and relieved Babington, Barnewell, and Dune in the woods and in his mother's hay-barn after that he understood …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of England by the descendants of Alfred the Great, and of the consequent settlement of the kingdom. Our … stags as if he were their father' a county abounding in forests possessed strong claims. We know, from a charter … had given the alarm, and the convoy took shelter in the woods. Rupert's return to Oxford was rendered memorable by …