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A History of the County of Buckingham
… Kaveresfeld (xii-xiii cent.); Catesfield (xviii cent.). The parish of Caversfield, although entirely detached, was … part was held apparently between 1236 and 1254 by Walter de Norton and William Hay, the former's immediate … for twenty-one years at an annual rent of 77 6 s. 8 d. to Walter Moyle, whose interest and term of years were after his …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land, 476 permanent grass, and 18 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is clay and loam, with a subsoil of clay and … before the Conquest, and in 1086 it formed part of Walter Giffard's lands. 6 Since the manor was parcel of the … subinfeudation had taken place before 1254, when Walter Knight was holding. 78 In 1284 79 and 1292 John Knight was in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… land; there are 14 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The land falls gradually from about 383 ft. above the … Robert de Chetwode was lord. 30 John de Chetwode, who was knight of the shire in 1298 and 1302, 31 had succeeded before … 1829, however, the whole manor had become the property of Walter Henry Bracebridge and Mary Holte Bracebridge his wife, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 2,070 acres, of which about 70 acres are woodland and the remainder is nearly equally divided between arable land … rectory and advowson to be held by one-twentieth of a knight's fee and 3 10 s. 7 d. per annum. 26 Anthony Cave … Chicheley passed to Charles Bagot, son of his uncle Sir Walter Wagstaffe Bagot, bart., and his heirs in tail-male on …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… acres. About 404 of these are arable, 19 woodland and the rest laid down in permanent grass, 1 the soil being loam … a king's thegn, had held before the Conquest, belonged to Walter Giffard in 1086. 10 As parcel of the honour of Giffard … this manor was held by the service of onetwentieth of a knight's fee from 1488 to 1640. 20 William de Valence, …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… next Olneye 1 (xiv cent.). Clifton Reynes is bounded on the north and northwest by the Ouse, where the land is liable … paid 20 to be exempted for life from bearing the arms of a knight. 30 His sister and heir Joan is said to have married … claim to the estate. 49 By his second wife he had a son Walter, born in 1403, 50 and by his third wife Alice, on whom …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… small parish, first mentioned as 'Cold' Brayfield towards the end of the 16th century, 1 was formerly included in Lavendon. The … middle of the 13th century shows that two parts of half a knight's fee in Lavendon were then held under the earl as of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of which 122 are arable land and 1,108 permanent grass. 1 The land, of which the surface is clay on a subsoil of … DORTON, held by Alric before the Norman Conquest, and by Walter Giffard in 1086, 5 came from the Giffards through the … before the 13th century survives, though possibly the knight's fee which Pain de Dorton held of Walter Giffard in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… acres of permanent grass and 181 acres of arable land. 1 The slope of the land above the ordnance datum varies from 295 ft. in the east of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Achecot (xiii cent.); Eggecote, Attchecott (xvi cent.). The parish of Edgcott contains 1,140 acres, of which only 82 … King Edward, 3 virgates. 2 All these portions were held of Walter Giffard in 1086 as one manor, 3 which thus became a … de Edgcott in 1235, 14 and held the vill in demesne as one knight's fee. 15 He acquired rights in half a hide in 1243, …