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A History of the County of Worcester
… (xii cent.); Beyton (xiii cent.); Baynton (xvii cent.). The parish is bounded on the north and west by a portion of … have been holding the manor, and was perhaps succeeded by Walter de Shakenhurst, who complained in 1304 that certain … on the king's service and under his protection. 18 Walter de Shakenhurst contributed 12 d. to the subsidy in …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Beaconsfield BEACONSFIELD Bekenesfeld (xiixvi cent.). The parish of Beaconsfield covers an area of 4,504 acres, of … built in 1900. Among place-names in Beaconsfield occur Walter's land, in the 15th century, 13 and Garston's Oak, … Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire in 1465 and 1472 48 and knight of the shire in 1467, 49 and on his death in 1477 was …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Acreage: 998. Population: 1911, 211; 1921, 174; 1931, 156. The parish of Bearley is bounded on the north by Wootton … to the Earl of Warwick, of whom Bearley was held as one knight's fee by John de Cantilupe in 1235 and 1242. 11 In … de Burle gave to Bordesley Abbey 20 acres which he held of Walter Cumin in Claverdon, 16 and he is said to have also …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 231; 1931, 240. Beaudesert is a small parish lying across the River Alne to the north and west of Henley-in-Arden. The … then aged 30, was his heir. From him it went to Sir Walter Aston his son, who died in 1589 53 leaving a son … Inq. p.m. xii, p. 309. Cott. Ch. xi, 70. His father held a knight's fee in Henley of the Earl of Stafford in 1372: Chan. …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Beckenham BECKENHAM, THIS PARISH is situated wholly within the county of Kent, though its bounds extend westward to that … found by inquisition, that he held it in capite, as one knight's fee. 3 He was succeeded in the possession of this … more than four hundred years, and to be descended from Sir Walter Tirrill, who held land in Essex at the time of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… BECKFORD Beckford lies 6 miles east of Tewkesbury, on the southside of Bredon Hill. 1 Becca's ford, from which the … in 1836, when he was succeeded by his great-nephew, Walter Wakeman. 121 Walter was still lord of the manor in … 157 In 1469 John Freeman held a house and 2 yardlands, by knight service, of the Prior of Beckford. 158 In the late …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Beckley BECKLEY The ancient parish of Beckley used to reach at its southern … both of them had died childless by about 1120. In 1066 Walter of St. Valery, on the Somme estuary in Ponthieu, had … granted both the manor and the park to Sir John Golafre, a knight of his household, 129 whose family held a number of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… is a parish covering about 8,000 acres and including the townships of Aiskew, Firby, Burrill and Cowling, Crakehall and Langthorne. It lies on the right bank of the Swale in a district famous for … On the south side is the 15th-century monument of a knight with complete plate armour over a mail hauberk, and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Parishes Beddington BEDDINGTON Bedintune, Bedington. The parish of Beddington contains 3,127 acres, including … Richard de Wylughby 23 acquired a mill in Beddington from Walter de Kenele in 1347. In 1352 Richard and Elizabeth had … granted it to John de la Linde to hold by a quarter of a knight's fee. 73 He was holding it at his death in 1272 or …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); Bodehampton (xv cent.); Bedhampton (xvi cent.). The parish of Bedhampton is very long and narrow, being about 1 miles in breadth at the widest part and 6 miles in length; its southern part … and was forced in that year to acknowledge the right of Walter abbot of Hyde to exact scutage and relief from two …