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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Chilham CHILHAM LIES upon the river Stour, about six miles southward from Canterbury. … in Domesday, Cilleham; in Saxon, Cyleham; which signifies the cold place; and some think this place was antiently … ports, to hold to him and his heirs male in capite, by knight's service; and in the 4th year of Edward VI. he had a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1,299 ha. (3,210a.). Its name could suggest that, when the king granted Chilmark in the early 10th century, part, if … 69 to the Dissolution. 70 In 1275 it was rated as 2 knight's fees. 71 In 1544 the manor was granted to Sir … by William of Fernhill to Hugh Druce, 75 whose son Walter held it before 1287. 76 Presumably after Walter's …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… permanent grass, and 3 acres woods and plantations. 1 The soil is chiefly chalk and light gravel with a subsoil of … the Confessor and granted by William the Conqueror to Walter Fitz Other. 7 The descendants of Fitz Other, who … a free tenement in Chilton for the service of half a knight's fee, 15 while in 1288 Thomas, probably his son, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xvi cent.). Chilton Candover is a parish of 1,451 acres. The country in the north consists of open down and the ground … fees of the bishop, 6 and he was succeeded by his son Walter, who was holding four fees in 1166. 7 It was probably … belonged to John Daundely, 11 and this same Philip was knight of the shire some nine years later. 12 In 1372 the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Population: 1911, 10,492; 1921, 12,766; 1931, 13,269. The parish of Chilvers Coton lies to the south of Nuneaton, … Chancery in 1602 between Jeffery Foxe and Robert Osbourne, Walter Gifford and others, in which Gifford states that the … 8 a year, in which Thomas of Merynton held 1 / 7 of a knight's fee. He also held the right of presentation to …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xi cent.), Cheleworth (xiv cent.), Chylworth (xv cent.). The parish of Chilworth, covering about 1,540 acres, with a population of 245, is situated in the New Forest division of the county, about five miles north … by a perambulation. She still held the same, for half a knight's fee, in 1270, 7 and her son Thomas, who died in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Chinnor CHINNOR The modern civil parish of Chinnor was formed in 1932 when … uncertain, but it was probably before 1186, when his son Walter had succeeded him at Sydenham and confirmed his … of Winchester, and his heirs to be held by service of a knight's fee. 52 Despite this grant Saer became one of the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Chipstable CHIPSTABLE The ancient parish of Chipstable lay on the southern slopes … in 1853, 139 to Charles Dare of North Curry and Samuel Knight Pollard of Taunton, and they presented Dare's son Walter in 1855. 140 In 1857 the patrons were Charles Dare and …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of Croydon. It is bounded by Banstead and Woodmansterne on the north, by Coulsdon and Merstham on the east, by Gatton on the south, and by Kingswood in Ewell … have taken the name of Purbright, held one quarter of a knight's fee in Chipstead of the abbot. 70 Peter granted one …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… CHIRTON Chirton, known alternatively as Cherrington until the 20th century, lies 5 miles south-east of Devizes at the … of red brick with stone quoins, may have been built by Walter Ernle (d. 1721), who married Mary Hungerford. 20 … grandson by his first wife, Herbert, who died seised of knight's fee in Chirton in 1321. 63 His son and heir Matthew …