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A History of the County of Buckingham
… and the Grand Junction Canal form a portion of the county boundary. In the middle of the parish stands Foscott …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… most charming examples of Elizabethan architecture in the county. The south or principal front, like all other parts of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… about this date Chilton Manor (q.v.), where the early history of this family has been traced. From the end of the … his manor of Hollowes, North Crawley. 30 It shared the history of this manor (q.v.) until about the end of the 18th … bequeathed the advowson with his immense fortune to Queen Victoria. 45 The advowson remains the property of the Crown …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… In 1086 it formed one of the two manors held in this county by Henry de Ferrers. 13 No further record of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… was transferred to Hartwell parish in that county by an Order of the Local Government Board dated 15 … Committee of the Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire County Councils Castle Thorpe (Castelthorp or trop of …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… following year. 44 This Thomas Catesby was sheriff of the county in 1659, 45 and 'by his great Profuseness in his … de Bolebec, the most important of Walter's tenants in this county; he also held half a virgate in Hardmead as his own …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 1232 was one of the collectors of the one-fortieth in the county, 17 held Haversham until his death about 1251, 18 when … 'a Person of mean Extraction,' 65 who was sheriff of the county in 1669, 66 and died in 1671, being succeeded by his …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and comfort of the poor inhabitants of the almost wasted county of Buckingham,' which was oppressed by the owners of … Hugh de Bolebec, who held of Walter elsewhere in the county. 31 Walter de Bolebec held Hillesden in the reign of … At the attainder of the Marquess of Exeter in 1539 the history of the two manors diverges, Hillesden being granted …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… stones, the southern one inscribed '1685, Here ends the county of Oxon,' and the northern one 'Here beginneth the county of Bucks, 1685.' Wodebrugge and Widebrugge are … the family had alienated the main manor. For the early history of the atte Water or de Ickford family see the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… who was knighted in 1604, 61 and appointed sheriff of the county in 1607. 62 He died seised in 1625, and was succeeded … 71 succeeded to Lathbury Manor. 72 He was sheriff of the county in 1705 73 and died in 1744. 74 By his will Lathbury … is as follows: 'Richard Davies of Kynant in the county of Montgomery Gent. hereunder buried. He deceased at …