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Magna Britannia
… Parishes Maker - Musbury Maker MAKER, partly in the hundred of East (Cornwall) and partly in that of … in the family of Moore; and is now the property of Walter Prideaux, Esq. Mr. Prideaux became possessed of it by … Captain Peter Fortescue, Sir Edmund Seymour, his son, then knight of the shire, Mr. Pomeroy, and others, were taken …
A History of the County of Surrey
… is a small village nearly 3 miles southeast of Kingston. The Hogsmill Stream divides it from Talworth in Long Ditton. … of Maiden is involved with that of Merton College, Oxford. Walter de Merton, chancellor of England and Bishop of … commonly said to have founded a college first at Maiden. Walter was called de Merton, probably from education or …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Malmesbury MALMESBURY The Town of Malmesbury stands on a steep hill almost … of Tetbury Hill as Reed's Farm. In the Middle Ages the knight's fees held of Malmesbury abbey apparently constituted … third penny; the remaining two thirds were held at farm by Walter Hosed. Of 73 masurae 52, probably including 10 …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Mawmill (xv cent.); Mombell (xvi cent.). Mamble lies in the north-west of the county, on the road from Tenbury to … also of original date. Sodington Hall, the property of Sir Walter de Sodington Blount and the residence of Mr. Hugh … was evidently the owner of the manor in 1254. He was a knight of the shire for Gloucester in 1258, 27 and was …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Parishes Mancetter MANCETTER In 1821 the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Mancetter was still … Mancetter. Vairy argent and sable a baston gules. In 1196 Walter de Mancetter granted land for the endowment of the … of his father Hugh and then wife of Gilbert Croc. 35 Like Walter, he was a benefactor of the church of Mancetter. 36 In …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Mansfeild (xvii cent.). Manfield parish is composed of the townships of Manfield and Cliffe. The Tees forms its northern boundary and is crossed at Cliffe … in the hands of the Scrope family. 57a One-third of a knight's fee appears to have been held of the Hipswell …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Manningford Abbots MANNINGFORD ABBOTS The ancient parish of Manningford Abbots was situated 1 mile … 150 a. of the estate were apparently later acquired by Walter T. Ware Ltd. and laid out as a market-garden. 48 The … a. in the north-east corner worked as a market-garden by Walter T. Ware Ltd., whose main nursery was at Bottlesford in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Manningford Bruce MANNINGFORD BRUCE The ancient parish was situated 2 miles south-west of Pewsey. … it measured 4 miles from its north-western boundary near the secondary Pewsey-Woodborough road to its southeastern … in 1651, and is reputedly the original of Alice Lee in Sir Walter Scott's Woodstock. 29 Manor and Other Estates. T.R.E a …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Manton covers an area of 1,181 acres, and is bounded on the north by the River Gwash, and on the south by the River … the manor in 1285 to John de Crokesle and in 1307 to Walter de Langeton, Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield, for … confirmed to Joan, 13 who afterwards married the king's knight, Gilbert Talbot. In 1389 the collectors for Rutland …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Mapeldereworth (xiii cent.); Mapuldurwell (xv cent.). The parish of Maplederwell situated 3 miles south-east from … from north to south and reaching a height of 352 ft. above the ordnance datum on the southern boundary. The Basingstoke … Alan Basset to hold of him with Woking (co. Surr.) for one knight's fee. 16 The exact date of the grant is uncertain, …