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A History of the County of York North Riding
… cent.). Burneston ecclesiastical parish comprised in 1831 the townships of Burneston, Carthorpe, Exelby, Leeming and Newton (the last three places conjointly forming one township), … vill consisted of 3 carucates assessed at one quarter of a knight's fee. Their tenant was Ralph son of Ranulf, who died …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Boveney BURNHAM with LOWER BOVENEY Burneham (xi cent.). The old parish of Burnham consisted of several districts or … Confessor by Elmar, one of his thegns, had come by 1086 to Walter Fitz Otho, who held them as a manor of the king in … firmly established the abbey's claim to exemption from knight service. 116 The castleguard rent due from the manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Burrough Green BURROUGH GREEN The parish of Burrough Green, which covers 2,272 a., lies 5 … of Newmarket. 1 It stretches 6 miles from north-west of the main London-Newmarket road to the Suffolk border in the … passing to Philip's son Thomas, then aged 7. Thomas was knight of the shire for Cambridgeshire in 1311, and was …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… cent.); Burstlesden (xiv cent.); Bristelden (xvi cent.). The parish of Bursledon is a beautiful little tract of country, 1,100 acres in extent, on the right bank of the Hamble River, which is here tidal. The … le Wayte was holding this piece of land in 1339. 7 In 1541 Walter Chandler conveyed a tenement in Bursledon to Sir …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Bristowe (xvii cent.). Burstow is a country parish on the Sussex border. The church is 7 miles south-east of … the year 1205. 7 In 121012 John de Burstow held half a knight's fee 'in Wimbledune' of the Archbishop of Canterbury. … with his son and various trustees, conveyed the manor to Walter Harris, 88 from whom in 1765 it passed to Daniel …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 4,975. Population: 1911, 475; 1921, 486; 1931, 445. The eastern boundary of the parish is formed by a stream as … held in dower by Isabel widow of the elder Ralph. 17 The knight's fee held of the king by Ralph in 1235 is called … for life, and then, in 1515, to their son (later Sir) Walter Smyth, 81 whose grandson Sir John Smyth of Crabbet in …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 169; 1921, 197; 1931, 227. Burton Hastings is a parish in the north-east of Knightlow hundred, 3 miles south of … were held by Ralf of Henry de Ferieres. 6 In 1235 one knight's fee in Burton and Shelford was held of the Earl … Stafford, late wife of Henry Smyth, it was held by her son Walter, aged 14; 65 two years previously she had been granted …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Burton Latymer (xv cent.); Burton Lattimer (xvii cent.). The parish of Burton Latimer, which was constituted an urban … manor, held in chief of the King in demesne as half a knight's fee. 19 It was known as AYLESFORD'S MANOR 20 or … son Wischard, who took the name of Ledet, and his son Walter, so that on her death between 1266 and 1270, 24 her …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Burewardsci (xii cent.); Burghwardescote (xiiixv cent.). The parish of Buscot has an area of 2,887 acres, of which … Thomas was beyond the seas in the king's service with Sir Walter Mauny, 24 and it was perhaps while he was abroad that … Catewy. 27 Thomas Catewy died before 1396, when his heir Walter Catewy was seised of the reversion of Buscot 28; the …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Bushey BUSHEY Bisseia, viii cent.; Bissheye, xiv. cent. The parish of Bushey, formerly called also Hartshead … early date. We find that Geoffrey de Jarpenville held one knight's fee, and probably the manor, of Geoffrey de … William and Sarah sold the whole manor to John Huxley and Walter Overburgh. 113 They were probably trustees for George …