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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Little Langford LITTLE LANGFORD Little Langford 1 is in the Wylye valley 12 km. north-west of Salisbury. 2 The river … 29 In 12423 the manor was held of the abbey as knight's fee by William Tracy, 30 who with his wife Margery … the parish. 41 The overlordship descended to Edward's son Walter (d. 1147), Walter's son Patrick, earl of Salisbury (d. …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Parva (xvii cent.). Little Malvern is a small parish on the Herefordshire border of the county containing 721 acres. The village lies under the … the manor with her daughter Mary in 1771. 24 Mary married Walter Wakeman, but died without issue, leaving Little …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parishes Little Marlow LITTLE MARLOW The parish of Little Marlow, which contains the village of that name and several outlying hamlets, … it until its alienation in 1445 by Sir William son of Sir Walter Lucy to Ralf Ingoldesby, 100 who with Agnes his wife …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… MISSENDEN Missedene, Messedena (xi cent.); Musindone. The parish of Little Missenden has an area of 3,214 acres. It … it is said to have been held by the service of 1/7 of a knight's fee, 56 and in the time of Elizabeth and Charles I … 58 This boy, who was ten at that time, was probably the Walter Mantell who held it between 1201 and 1212, 59 when it …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Parishes Little Munden LITTLE MUNDEN Mundane (xi cent.). The parish of Little Munden has an area of 1,774 acres, of … Lewin, a man of Earl Harold. Before 1086 it was granted to Walter the Fleming, and was then assessed at 5 hides and 1 … in this family. 7 In 1304 it was held for the service of a knight's fee and 6 s. paid to the warden of Rockingham …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Acreage: 1,095. Population: 1911, 108; 1921, 97; 1931, 86. The parish of Little Packington or Packington Piggott, still … is well wooded and contains much beautiful rural scenery. The soil is fertile and watered by the River Blythe. There is no village, but only a few …
A History of the County of Essex
… LITTLE PARNDON Little Parndon, which was rural until the 1950s, is now part of Harlow town. The modern urban development of the area is dealt with above. … Robert de la Mare. 23 John de la Mare in 1236 held 1 knight's fee in Parndon, Loughton, and Welwyn (Herts.). 24 In …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Parishes Little Paxton LITTLE PAXTON 1 The parish of Little Paxton contains 1,521 acres of land. The … to have been held of Robert de Brus as a quarter of a knight's fee, by William de Stanton. 12 In 1309, Alexander de … of the manor of Toseland, until after the death of Sir Walter Luke in 1544. 65 Sir Walter was succeeded by his son …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Rissington Basset, 1 is a parish of 1,475 a. lying on the east bank of the River Dikler. This river, with the River … Beatrice 44 before he died in 1276 holding, as one knight's fee, the manor of RISSINGTON BASSET, 45 later known … Hugh. 53 Hugh died in 1420 having settled the manor on Sir Walter Hungerford (later Lord Hungerford, d. 1449), Walter's …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Little Shelford LITTLE SHELFORD The parish of Little Shelford 1 lies c. 6 km. south of Cambridge, on the south-west bank of the river Cam or Granta, 2 which separates it from Great …