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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to proper persons licences to ply. Gosport, mentioned by Leland, in the reign of Henry VIII., as a poor village …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 87 poll-tax payers in 1377, 62 and c. 1545 was called by Leland 'a poor thing to sight'. 63 A fire destroyed 28 houses … R. 1201 (P.R.S. N.S. xiv), 295. V.C.H. Wilts. iv. 309. Leland, Itin. ed. Toulmin Smith, v. 79. E. L. Jones, Gaz. …
Great Haseley (Including Little Haseley, Latchford, Rycote)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… numerous free tenancies. 4 The 16th-century antiquary John Leland claimed that it was created by one of the Pipard lords … in the angle between the two main ranges. 4 In the 1540s Leland reported 'marvellous fair walks' of topiary work ( … the left form part of the present-day house. According to Leland, the younger Richard Fowler sold reversion of the …
Old and New London
… expense, and made it so magnificent as to cause Leland, the antiquary, to exclaim with rapture, as he gazed … of the sky!" Such, at least, is Hasted's translation of Leland's Latin verses. During the reign of the two succeeding …
The Environs of London
… 410 edit. Sandford, p. 449. Perambulation of Kent, p. 339.Leland thus describes the beauties of this palace in his … Kent, vol. i. p. 27. Bagford's Letter, prefixed to Leland's Collectanea. See p. 427. Holinshed, vol. iii. 430. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Cope, of Banbury, cofferer to Henry VII., and noticed by Leland as the "gallant house of Hanwell." It was a spacious …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… ( 13411417), 307). This major building was described by Leland as 'builded castelle like' ( Itinerary I, 14), and a …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… and Young's Whitby throughout. Tadcaster. Whitby. Leland, quoting Flores Historiarum, fixes the date to A. D. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and a window of fine proportions, enriched with tracery. Leland, the antiquary, was for some time rector of the …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Norman word haier, to inclose, and anciently written Haia. Leland and Camden are both of opinion that the town was … the place in the reign of Henry VIII., when visited by Leland, and even down to a much later period, are ascribed to … side of the cemetery. An ancient chapel, noticed by Leland as being situated in the environs of the town, has …