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A History of the County of Lancaster
… stated, in 1390, leaving a son Henry, only eighteen months old. 7 He proved his age in 1412, and had livery of his … Richard the son and heir was not quite three years old. 19 In 1631 he paid 10 after refusing knighthood. 20 From … Tonge of Alderley, stated to be a descendant of the old family. 26 The hall, a picturesque fragment of a black …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… become insecure, was rebuilt in 1665, many of the old stones being used. The chancel has an east window of … orders, and the two-light west window appears to be old work retained in the rebuilding. Externally the tower has … at Blackburn, written about 1514: Richard de Radcliffe the old s. William s. Richard s. William s. James s. Richard s. …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… place in 1829. 7 To the county lay of 1624, founded on the old fifteenth, when Blackburn Hundred paid 100, Ribchester … being at that time its limit, he names some of the old halls of the neighbourhood, remarking that 'they all … of the building during the next century, when the old steep roofs of both chancel and nave were taken down, the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… also many wastes appear to have been inclosed. For the old tax called the fifteenth, the townships paid … from Oldham going north, joined south of the church by the old road from Manchester, reaches the river to the north-east … assigned to the new commissioners was a circle, with the old market-place as centre and a radius of three-quarters of …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… of the inscription being lost. There are a few pieces of old stained glass. In the east window of the south aisle are … the figure represents his actual appearance at Flodden, in old armour hastily chosen from among the suits at Sefton on … resting on a wreath; and a silver paten, which fits an old silver chalice now at St. Luke's, Great Crosby. The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… In the centre stands a sycamore tree encircled by an old wooden seat; up in the left-hand corner is the little … village street, is Plestor House, lately repaired in the old style, and beyond it the quaint butcher's shop with its … belonging to the same, was entered at 15 4 s. 22 The old grange existed until about the end of the seventeenth …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… and at the west end of the south aisle the fragment of old walling, which is 3 ft. 6 in. wide and stands 6 in. in … church was reseated and some restorations carried out, the old square pews being taken away and the whitewash removed … 83 may have become merged in the general endowment. The old grammar school was destroyed with the chantry, and the …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… Wigan, you arrive at Charnock bowling-green, leaving the Old Hall of Charnock whose barn is a land-mark to those on … 12 south porch and the greater part of the chancel. The old tower, which was square below and octagonal above with an … The building underwent a restoration in 1859, when the old square pews with which it was then filled were removed …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… service. Robert his son and heir was about three years old. 20 Thomas Cansfield died in 1597 holding in socage, by a … the building underwent a very thorough restoration, the old seats and gallery being removed, the south wall of the … portion of the building entirely reconstructed. The old embattled parapet of the tower was removed at the same …
A History of the County of Lancaster
… service. Christopher, his son and heir, was eleven years old; Lancs. Inq. p.m. (Rec. Soc. Lancs, and Ches.), ii, 93. …