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A History of the County of Buckingham
… PADBURY Paddebyrig 1 (x cent.); Pateberie (xi cent.). The parish of Padbury covers 2,013 acres, of which 1,537 are … ward at Northampton. 21 It was held by the service of one knight's fee, 22 a moiety of which was assessed on the manor … Chalfont was alienated to Sir Richard de la Vache. In 1397 Walter Fitz Richard of Olney, evidently the successor of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… area of 925 acres, including only 32 acres of arable land, the rest, some 887 acres, being all pasture land. 1 The slope of the land drops from 500 ft. above the ordnance … 49 In 1637 his daughter Elizabeth with her husband Sir Walter Pye conveyed this estate to her uncles 50 Sir Thomas …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… of which 130 are arable and 1,339 permanent grass. 1 The soil is clay and gravel, the subsoil various. The parish … 29 but some time before 1299 the manor was acquired by Walter, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, who in that year … passed by female descent to the Moyles, a member of whom, Walter Moyle, alienated it in 1594 to Edmund Major. 109 He …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… (xiv cent.); Sibdon, Shibdon or Shipdon Lee (xviii cent.). The parish of Quainton covers an area of 5,346 acres, … at 7 hides, by Henry Ferrers. 70 Later it was held as one knight's fee of the honour of Tutbury, 71 which descended in … name was holding in 1284, 126 and was succeeded by his son Walter, 127 who was living in 1332. 128 Robert Cramford, who …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 1,948 acres, of which 54 acres are arable; practically all the remainder is permanent grass, 1 the grazing lands ranking as the finest in the county. The pasture known as Berryfield is …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parishes Ravenstone RAVENSTONE Raunston (xvxviii cent.). The parish of Ravenstone lies between the Northamptonshire … power to sell. In 1086 this manor belonged to the fee of Walter Giffard, of whom it was held by Hugh (de Bolebec). 15 … 40 The prior of the house so founded was said to hold one knight's fee in Ravenstone in 1275. 41 Four years later his …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Sobintone (xi, xiv cent.); Shobindon (xv, xvi cent.). The parish of Shabbington has an area of 1,637 acres, … Edward Blount. 52 In 1830 he settled the manor on his son Walter Aston, 53 who succeeded his father in the middle of the 19th century. 54 His nephew, Sir Walter de Sodington Blount, bart., 55 is the present owner. …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… are arable, 897 permanent grass and 71 acres woodland. 1 The soil is clay and the subsoil clay and limestone. The slope of the ground falls … merged in one SHALSTONE MANOR, which was held by knight service of the honour of Wallingford. 7 In 12846 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Senle, Shenlegh (xiii cent.); Shendeley (xv cent.). The parish of Shenley extends into the two hundreds of … before 1316, 48 and in 1326 a settlement was made by Walter de la Vache of a messuage and 24 acres of land in … son of Wymark of Shenley, to Joan sister of William, to Walter son of Matthew de la Vache, Thomas his brother and …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 944 permanent grass and 45 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is various, the subsoil limestone and clay, the … of the same name conveyed the manor in fee simple to Walter Fitz Richard and other feoffees, 69 and in 1450 it was settled by Walter Fitz Richard on John Ardes and his wife Isabel, 70 the …