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A History of the County of Oxford
… as the honor of Hastings, was held by the Hastings family for 5 knights' fees, of which the Oxfordshire portion … may have been dead by 1306 when Reynold (probably an error for Roland) of Hastings was listed as the principal taxpayer … of 161819 parts of Yelford were granted as portions for the use of Simon's younger sons and daughters, 49 an …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… by Christopher Graye, 1666. Bell-frame of oak, with cages for four bells. Bracket: In N. aislein N.E. angle, chamfered … probably later. Locker: In S. aisle, rectangular, rebated for door. Monument: In S. aislein S. wall, tomb-recess with …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Culm is found in some parts of it, but it is worked only for home consumption and the supply of the immediate … of the Baron de Rutzen: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of 70, and the glebe comprises 50 acres. … is uncertain, depending upon the fluctuating demand for the produce. This township, and certain parts of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… N. doorway of nave and in E. wall, recesses with pointed heads, 15th-century. Piscina: In S. aislein S. wall, recess … the former with square moulded ends except one poppy-head; the latter all with shaped ends and poppy-heads, … In S. aislein W. wall, stone base of font with bases for central and four attached shafts, early 13th-century. In …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… but without inscription. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. The moated site of an old baronial castle is … (W. by S.) from Shrewsbury. The tithes have been commuted for 175. 9. 6., of which 36. 8. 6. are payable to the … isolated manufactures, which are mentioned under the heads of the places where they are carried on. In the …
Survey of London
… York Buildings, the name which was once used generically for all the premises on the site of York House, was assigned … Pilgrim Trust. Historical Notes. The ratebook entries for Nos. 6, 7, 9 and 10, York Buildings, are given in Appendix B. With the exception of No. 9 (for which there is no entry until 1678) the entries begin in …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… but the city normally leased the ditch and ramparts for grazing and the gates and larger towers as houses. In … lobes and were entered through doorways with shouldered heads. The S. rooms each had a spiral staircase to the first … N.E. lobes were lit by two arrow slits with shoulderarched heads. In each of the other two lobes is a larger window with …
Survey of London Monograph
… John Water alias Yorke, herald, as fee of his office and for services to Richard III, his predecessors and ancestors, … which he is styled York', but doubtful if he was a herald for although mentioned several times in Wrythe's will he is … 'Will'm Wrythesley alias dictus Rouge cross' in accounts for Henry VII's funeral (I. 11, 88 b); York before 26 August …
Survey of London
… the street frontage was built on at quite an early date, for the inquisition post mortem on Bishop William Alnewick in … Place to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in exchange for the Duke's house in Southwark. This grant preserved the … Roomes are ennobled with the possession of those Romane Heads and Statues, which lately belonged to Sir Peter Paul …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Repository of Art at 94 Market St had been established for the last 20 years. In 1817 Vittorio Zanetti supplied to Dunham Massey, Cheshire, a frame for a drawing 8 7 @ 3/6 ft. costing 1 10s, and Plate glass for do. 2218, 2 12s 6d. [D; Dunham Massey papers] In …