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A History of the County of Hampshire
… situated 4 miles west-north-west from Farnham station on the Alton and Winchester branch of the London and South … in 1243. 36 A few years later the property was acquired by Walter Giffard, 37 who was elected Bishop of Bath and Wells … Elizabethe one of the dawghters of Sir George Throkmarton Knight and had by her issue fyve sonnys and viii dawghters …
A History of the County of Worcester
… This parish, covering an area of 1,178 acres, lies to the south of the county, 8 miles south-east from Worcester. … the bishop gave his daughter with this land to a certain knight on condition that he should support her mother and … 7 but early in the 12th century the estate was held by Walter de Beauchamp. 8 His interest in the manor passed with …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… have been esteemed as one. For in an old Book of Fees in the Exchequer it is recorded, that the Chapter of Suwel and Prior of Lenton (of Thurgarton … 2. between John de Sandwich, and Margaret, the Daughter of Walter de Lumby, Quer. and Nicholas de Haliwell, Deforcient, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… CROPHILL-BUTLER. So called because it was long held by the Family of Butlers, of Warington, in the County of … in the Conqueror's 10s. Here, and in Wivreton, was some of Walter de Ayncurt's Fee Soc to Granby, which was rated at … 9 H. 3. gave Account for four Marks, concerning two Knight's Fees in Crophill and Uvetorp, and Keniton and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Cropredy CROPREDY The ancient parish of Cropredy covered 8,716 a. in the … a Cropredy manor (part of the recent acquisition) as 1/20 knight's fee to Thomas Lee, 81 who nine years before had … where the bishop had two mills in 1279 and 1441. 213 Walter the miller held a yardland of the bishop in Cropredy …
A History of the County of Worcester
… cent.); Croppanhorne (ix cent.); Croppethorne (xii cent.). The parish of Cropthorne lies in the south-east of the county and is bounded on the north by … held it as of the manor of Oversley by the service of a knight's fee. 62 This is the last mention of the Gascoignes' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… is a small and remarkably narrow parish. It stretches from the Lower Icknield Way, which forms its northern boundary, … in 1639. He recounts in his autobiography how his father Walter Ellwood, J.P., had a 'pretty estate' in the 'little … Emmington. 33 In the 13th century the manor was held for a knight's fee, 34 but in the 14th century for a -fee. 35 …
A History of the County of Surrey
… from London, with a village of scattered farms and houses. The stream called Gibbs Brook which forms part of the boundary between Crowhurst and Oxted was called the … was succeeded by his son John, who married twice. He was knight of the shire in 1452 and died in 1460. 10 The heads of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… ; Croll (xv cent.); Crowley, Crolle, Crowel (xvi cent.). The parish of Crowle is bounded on the south and west by … judgement in the king's court against Roger Tirel for a knight's fee in Crowle. 30 Richard Tirel held the estate … holding then included Crowle. Early in the 13th century Walter Hacket held the manor of Crowle, 66 and in 1233 he was …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 2 miles from north to south and 1 mile from west to east. The soil is heavy, being derived from the underlying boulder … the honor of Chinnor, which they held soon after 1086. 29 Walter de Vernon had land in Cambridgeshire by 1158. 30 His … Geoffrey son of Swein, who held a hide at Croxton as 1 knight's fee of Stephen de Scalers in 1166. 73 In 1236 the …