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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Martin (xiv cent.). Martin is a large parish formerly in the hundred of South Damerham (co. Wilts.), but transferred … of Nicholas son of Martin, for the service of half a knight's fee, gave it with the consent of Nicholas to the … of Glastonbury in the reign of Henry I by William son of Walter, who would appear from the ancient records of …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Marten Husentree (xvii cent.). This parish lies on the right bank of the Martin Brook, to the south of … himself and Agnes his wife, with remainder to his children Walter, Elizabeth, Joan, Agnes, Isabella and Margaret. 18 In … he paid 8 s. to the subsidy. 19 He died about 1338. 20 Walter de Perry, who may have been son or grandson of …
A History of the County of Rutland
… Martinsthorpe is a small parish containing 539 acres to the west of Manton. It is separated from Gunthorpe on the north by the river Gwash and from Ridlington and Preston on the south …
A History of the County of Worcester
… by railways, 3 miles north of Knightwick station on the Worcester and Bromyard branch of the Great Western … of Martley to Geoffrey le Despencer for one-fourth of a knight's fee, 24 and in 1244 ordered the tenants to pay … in 1431 ( Feud. Aids, v, 329) and descended from him to Walter Staple, his son or grandson. Members of the family …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Martock MARTOCK The ancient parish of Martock, with ten tithings, is one of … de Fiennes (d. c. 1270) had inherited it. 116 In 1270 Walter de Fiennes leased it to Eleanor, wife of the Lord … (d. 1695), whose widow Joan, married secondly to Robert Knight, still held it in 1730. On her death it was inherited …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Martun, Martune, Martona (xi cent.); Marton (xii cent.). The parish of Marton lies south of Middlesbrough, covering an area of 3,520 acres, of which the surface is clay on a subsoil of Keuper marls. The arable … 116 A vicarage is said to have been ordained by Archbishop Walter Gray. 117 Some claim to the advowson seems to have …
A History of the County of Warwick
… parish and village 7 miles northeast of Leamington Spa. The north and west boundaries of the parish are respectively … the earl, 13 as in 12423 did Thomas de Clinton. 14 Half a knight's fee was held by Ralph Basset of Sapcote (Leics.) in … in 1596. 33 Four years later Wilcock granted it to Richard Walter, 34 after which date it followed the same descent as …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… (xiii cent.); Massam (xvi cent.). This parish lies in the valley of the Ure on the south-west border of the North … by Count Stephen to Niel Daubeney, lord of Thirsk, as one knight's fee; this grant was confirmed by Earl Alan 14 before … 16 It is said that Roger de Mowbray granted Masham to Walter de Buhere, who was succeeded by his sister and heir …
A History of the County of Essex
… is an isolated rural parish 7 km. east of Harlow town. 1 The ancient parish comprised 2,417 a. (978.2 ha.), including … the 13th century. In 1288 Emma, daughter of Eustace son of Walter, granted her lands at High Laver and Housham to Henry … de Montfichet, at his death in 1267, held in chief 1 knight's fee in Matching. It descended to his grandniece …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Mathermayn (xiii cent.); Mathonaching (xvi cent.). The Worcestershire part of Mathon, now known as West Malvern, … 35 William Berkeley the manor was bought in 1624 by Sir Walter Devereux of Leigh, 36 who had licence to make a park … in the manor of Mathon were held by Urse in 1086, 44 while Walter Poer (Ponther) held a virgate of waste land. 45 At the …