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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parva Sombourne (xiv cent.); Lytell Sumbourne (xvi cent.). The parish of Little Somborne, covering an area of 1,933 … 1086. In the 13th century this estate was held for half a knight's fee by Arnulf de Mandeville of Lemuel Pauncefoot, … Welles dated 2 August 1762 15 it passed to his cousin Walter Smythe. 16 The latter died in 1788, leaving a son …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… LITTLE SOMERFORD Little Somerford, 1 in a bend of the Bristol Avon 4.5 km. south-east of Malmesbury, 2 was called Somerford Mauduit in the Middle Ages. The suffix was the surname of the lords of … abbey acknowledged that Walkelin's son Ancelin held it for knight's fee. 48 Ancelin Mauduit, presumably another, held …
A History of the County of Bedford
… STAUGHTON Stocton Parva, Stokton Parva (xiii cent.). The parish of Little Staughton comprises an area of 1,746 … in Little Staughton, 46 which he held as a tenth part of a knight's fee of the barony of Bedford. 47 By 12846 this … which amounted to half a hide of land, had passed to Walter de la Sale. 48 No further mention occurs of it, 49 but …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… Little Stukeley is a parish of 1,523 acres lying near the centre of the county, some three miles north-west of the … 31 and was probably grandfather of Josceline, son of Walter de Stukeley, who married Aline, afterwards the wife of James Wake, 32 and was sheriff in 1205. 33 Walter, son of Josceline de Stukeley, 34 appears as steward …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 9 miles (14 km.) south-west of Banbury. A township in the parish of Great Tew, Little Tew was taxed separately in the 14th and 16th centuries and rated separately for poor … of Pontefract in 1311 and 1330, the land being reckoned as knight's fee. 44 Richard son of Thomas of Eyerton held the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… cent.); Little Wittenham, East Wittenham (xvii cent.). The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with the civil parish of Little Wittenham, 888 acres in extent, lies on the right bank of the Thames. The early boundaries (falsely …
A History of the County of Hertford
… acres permanent grass and 6 acres wood. 1 Two portions of the parish are detached. One of very small area lies west of Redcoats Green and the other is situated south of Titmore Green and contains a … of the king in chief by the service of a tenth part of a knight's fee. 14 James obtained a licence to entail the manor …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Littleborne LITTLEBORNE LIES the next parish south-eastward from Stodmarsh, taking its name from its situation close to the stream which bounds the eastern part of it, and at the … in the 20th year of which, Roger de Garwinton held it by knight's service, 4 in whose descendants it continued till it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… LITTLEMORE There was no ancient parish of Littlemore: the township was divided at an early date between the … 33 Manor. The early history of the manor of LITTLEMORE1 knight's fee in the honor of Leicesteris obscure. Littlemore … Littlemore, which the Rector of St. Mary's had bought from Walter, son of Hugh Sered, in the 13th century, 108 and which …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… dependent on Easington (q.v.) and a township under the Loftus Urban District Council. Its area is 2,457 acres of … woods and plantations 2 and 4 acres covered by water. The subsoil is inferior oolite and Oxford clay, the soil clay … the third Peter de Brus dying seised in 1272 of half a knight's fee here, 11 which then passed to the Thwengs. 12 By …