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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 57lb. Winterton gives the title of Earl to the Tumour family. Winthorpe (St. Mary) WINTHORPE ( St. Mary), a parish, … of the Earl of Harewood: a branch of his lordships family was formerly seated at Stank Hall, now a farmhouse. … net income, 66; patrons and impropriators, the Montagu family. The church contains about 300 sittings. Sarah Ruff in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a perpetual curacy; patrons and impropriators, the Hartopp family. The great tithes have been commuted for 452. 10., and … of that monarch, was presented by six members of the royal family to Sir Henry, as a tribute to his skill and assiduity … and from the latter the property passed by marriage to the family of Weld, by whom it was sold, in 1830, to Robert …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… under the name Beauford or Bewford remained in the Balam family until 1699. 26 In that year Susan Balam, John Kelsall … as a manor of Brokene, in the hands of the Colvile family of Newton (q.v.). It was again assessed at fee and was … and the manor, under the name HALSTED, remained in the family another hundred years, until it was sold (1591) by …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… St. Mary (Norf.), and the manor remained in this family for more than a century. 22 Henry Kervile made a … died before attaining his majority, and this branch of the family thereupon died out. The manor eventually became vested … John Pell of Dersingham (Norf.), married into the Gawsell family, 26 but the evidence is not conclusive. In 1687 John …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the next half century the manor was subinfeudated to his family, for in 1267 Geoffrey de Marisco, Stephen's son, was … of Carlton Colvile (Suff.), brought the manor to the family which was so prominently associated with Newton until … Colvile III, was perhaps the most remarkable member of the family. In 1409 he was sent by Henry IV on an important …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 282 15 s. for it. 30 Edmund Beaupr was the last of his family in the male line, his daughter bringing the manor by … of the queen in chief by 1/20 knight's fee. 32 The Bell family continued to hold the manor for nearly 200 years. … Their daughter Jane brought it by marriage to the Townley family, in which it has since continued, Mr. Charles E. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… abruptly with that of its neighbours. The Bedford family has earned a reputation for enlightened estate … is now derelict. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Wing family, descendants of Vincent Wing the astronomer, were … outright to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford, 38 whose family held them until 1910, when the 11th Duke sold the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… house. It is built on the site of the home of the Fisher family who lived at Tydd St. Giles from 1320 for several … as their name implies, were predominantly a seafaring family, some of them being engaged in commercial enterprises … house. The property belonged to Richard Sparrow, whose family is referred to in early manorial records as 'Passur'. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… part of the 17th century the manor was farmed by the Pepys family, lessees under the dean and chapter, to Richard … in 1492-3. 26 By 1542 it was in possession of the Megges family, who were tenants of a good deal of Ely property … in 1587. 28 No connexion can be traced between this family and the Meggeses, or with the Steward family, into …