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A History of the County of Buckingham
… 255 woods and plantations and 7 are covered with water. 1 The slope of the land varies from 167 ft. above the ordnance datum in the … the Crown on the forfeiture of his estates, 47 and in 1327 Walter Turk farmed the manor, 48 the rent being paid towards …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Cookham, presenting well-wooded precipitous banks to the River Thames, which bounds it on the south-west. It … 15 or Miles Crispin, 16 since in 1166 it appears as a knight's fee attached to the honour of Wallingford. 17 It … with free fishery in the stream were conveyed in 1611 by Walter and Elizabeth Wilcox to Robert Lee. 67 He died seised …
Magna Britannia
… Parishes Helland - St Hilary Helland HELLAND, in the hundred of Trigg and deanery of Trigg-Minor, lies about two miles and a half north from Bodmin, which is the post-office town. The principal village in this parish, … King's return; but on the approach of Archbishop Hubert Walter's army, assisted by the sheriff of Cornwall and the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Helmeslegh 1 (xiv cent.). Helmsley was composed in 1831 of the townships of Bilsdale-Midcable, Harome, Helmsley, Laskill … Fredgist and Ughtred the latter before the Conquest. 12 Walter Espec granted the 4 carucates of Griff and the 5 of … Buckingham's delight, Slides to a scrivener or a city-knight,' 85 for Sir Charles Duncombe was a London banker. Sir …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Hemelhempsted (xiv cent.); Hemehemsted (xvii cent.). The parish of Hemel Hempstead is in the west of … 153 In this year it was found by an inquisition that Walter son of Hugh was free to confer such reversion on … of the king for the service of the twentieth part of a knight's fee. 222 In 1199 King John granted to Agatha, nurse …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Abbatis (xiii cent.). Hemingford Abbots lies south of the Ouse, which forms its northern boundary. It comprises … one mark a year, and did the service of a quarter of a knight's fee. 37 John Cheney witnessed an undated grant of … 55 and by land in Hemingford Abbots which was held by Sir Walter Luke at his death in 1534. 56 Other lands were …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… cent.); Hemygforde Grey, Hemingford Priors (xiv-xv cent.). The parish lies extremely low, mostly at a level of 2040 ft. … from Hemingford and Yelling and was owing the service of a knight in 1166. 14 He died probably shortly after this date, … and Felicia his wife in 12356 engaged in dealings with Walter de Denford and Sara his wife in connection with a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… Hennington, Hemingtone, Heminthon, Hevinton (xii cent.). The parish of Hemington covers an area of 1,354 acres and stands at an average height of 200 ft. above the ordnance datum. The subsoil is Oxford clay with cornbrash … with John Kirkby, 30 who was holding three parts of a knight's fee in Hemington formerly of Roger Hyrst of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and south, along both sides of which are practically all the older buildings of the town. Some 45 buildings show visible remains of the 17th century or earlier, including the church and Gild …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Henlow HENLOW The parish of Henlow, with an area of 2,377 acres, is … Gerard, Anne wife of George Steward, and Sibilla wife of Walter Graye, as co-heirs. 11 The consequent subdivision of … 1302 William de la Zouche, her son, held onetwentieth of a knight's fee, consisting of one virgate of land in Henlow. 45 …