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A History of the County of Hertford
… Parishes Letchworth LETCHWORTH The parish of Letchworth, containing about 888 acres of land, … 61 A John de Nevill appears again in 12478, 62 and in 1324 Walter de Nevill, son of this or another John, conveyed the … century it appears held with Wollenwich as a quarter of a knight's fee, so it is possible that in 1086 it was included …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Upletecomb (xiv cent.); Upledecombebasset (xv cent.). The parish of Letcombe Bassett lies on the north side of the … share, was afterwards described as one and a third knight's fee, 18 four-sixths of the two fees which formed the … life to Gilbert Popham, 25 and granted it early in 1307 to Walter de Langton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, 26 who …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Letcombe (xvi cent.); Nether Letcombe (xvii cent.). The village of Letcombe Regis lies at the foot of the Berkshire downs, though part of the township … of Reading in 1599; the third and tenor are by Henry Knight of Reading, 1620 and 1621 respectively; the fourth by …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Leveland LEVELAND IS the next parish eastward from Throwley, being but little … is more open, having less woodland, and a plainer surface. The soil is much less inclined to chalk, and it has some … of Canterbury, being held of the several archbishops by knight's service. Accordingly it is entered in the survey of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… alias Lewsam (xvi cent.); Leavisham (xviiixix cent.). The area of the township and parish is 2,976 acres, of which … to Sir Robert Percehay and descended with Ryton 44 until Walter Percehay of Ryton and William his brother and heir … iii, 245. Ibid. iv, 143. Ibid. 155. He is described as a knight in 1334 (ibid. ii, 189). Inq. a.q.d. file 306, no. 12 …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Lewisham LEWISHAM IS the last parish undescribed in this hundred, being the next westward from Lee. It adjoins westward to Surry, and … of her guard, treasurer of her household, and lastly, knight of the Garter. He married Katherine, daughter of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Lewknor LEWKNOR The parish lies in the south-west of the hundred which bears … by the diminution of small holdings. At Postcombe Walter Lewknor, a yeoman farmer, paid more than the 8 other … God'. Two were dated 1636, and the whole ring was by Ellis Knight I. The ancient bells now stand at the west end of the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and Lilleborne, 1 and seems to have taken its name from the little brook or bourne which runs through this parish; … in it at a certain yearly rent to Sir Simon de Burley, knight of the garter, and warden of the five ports, who … one hundred acres, belonging to this rectory, which Walter, parson of Leyborne, held in Leyborne of the earl of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Leysdown LEYSDOWN LIES the next parish to Warden south-eastward. It was called in … in others Leysdon, and took its name most probably from the Saxon words Leswe, which fignisies a pasture, and dune, … Dover castle, and by the service of the tenth part of one knight's fee, in lieu of all other service. Bartholomew de …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Liddington LIDDINGTON The parish of Liddington lies to the south-east of Swindon and is a narrow rectangle in shape. … is that of John of Coate, who was presented by the rector, Walter Burdoun, in 1297. 182 The Abbess of Shaftesbury …