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A History of the County of Warwick
… declivity. 1 Hardly anything is known of the architectural history of the castle. It was certainly in existence by about …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… BECKENHAM, THIS PARISH is situated wholly within the county of Kent, though its bounds extend westward to that of … set up in one of the windows of Barham church, in this county. 4 These two coats of arms are now borne, with the … it to Sir Patrick Curwin of Workinton, in the same county, who had been created a baronet, anno 1626, whose …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… from 1158 the sheriff deducted the 30 from the farm of the county, 98 and before 1162 the king confirmed Beckford to … was awarded a rent-charge of 42 a year. 180 Economic History. By 1066 Beckford was the centre of a large arable …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but as the lord of Beckley had jurisdictional control, its history and topography are given below. 11 Besides the … the living was reported to be the third poorest in the county, 393 and Gilbert Stephens, the rector of Noke, 394 who … Bucks. ii. 274; G. Lipscomb. Hist. and Antiquities of County of Buckingham, i. 178. L. & P. Henry VIII, i (1), p. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… jury had doubts as to whether she had borne a son in any county of England; if she had not the next heir was Arnold de … been inclosed in the park of Beddington by the king. The history of the manor is similar to that of Beddington up to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1970, as was Manor farm, by English Farms Ltd. 59 Economic History. Shaftesbury Abbey's estate at Beechingstoke, which … works, including A Compendious View of Universal History 17531802 (1804) in four volumes. 111 Edward Warren …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… added in 1899 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The plate comprises an Elizabethan cup and cover …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the author of various religious works, of which his New History of the Holy Bible from the Beginning of the World to … a life of Bishop Atterbury and an abridgement of Burnet's History of His Own Times. Stackhouse died at Beenham, where … his death, to Sir Peter Vanlore, a Dutch merchant. 18 The history of Vanlore's property is difficult to trace, since …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… is exempt from the jurisdiction of the justices of the county, and subject only to those of that town and port, and … See Strype's Life of Cranmer, p. 93. See vol. iv. of this history, p. 467. See vol. vi. p. 88. vol. viii. p. 23. There … of her, and of the family of Cobham, vol. iii. of this history, p. 407. See Dugdale's Monasticon, vol. ii. p. 374. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… 18th centuries all the small streams in this part of the county were utilized for forges. As early as the 16th century …