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A History of the County of Bedford
… Parishes Maulden MAULDEN Meldone (xi cent.). The parish of Maulden covers an area of over 2,604 acres of … known later as RAGONS MANOR was held at the Survey by Walter Gifard, and was assessed at 3 hides. In the … brother of Bishop Wlui. 25 Unlike most of the lands of Walter Gifard, which on the death of his son without heirs …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 2,852. Population: 1911, 230; 1921, 260; 1931, 259. The parish is divided on the west from Coleshill by the River … has stops carved as heads, one of a canon and the other a knight. It is flanked by tall niches between pilasters and … custody of the castle and lordship was granted in 1484 to Walter Graunt, usher of the Queen's chamber; 58 but after the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Meare MEARE The ancient parish of Meare, in the 7th century Ferramere, 1 … to have belonged to the warden of the anniversary of Abbot Walter Monington (d. 1375). 133 It was retained by the Crown … son of Hugh, held Westhay of the abbot of Glastonbury by knight service for a honey rent. 140 It came into the hands …
A History of the County of Northampton
… (xixvii cent.); Ashby Meres, Mears Ashby (xviixx cent.). The parish of Mears Ashby covers 1,670 acres, mainly grassland. The slope of the land is from north to south, the highest point being 388 …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… permanent grass and 150 acres of woods and plantations. 1 The height of the land above the ordnance datum varies … king in chief by Hugh de Bolebec. 31 It was held as one knight's fee of the feudal barony of Bolebec, and, following … Beauchamp and his wife Constance, one of the co-heirs of Walter de Bolebec, brother of Hugh. 109 The other co-heir, …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Parishes Medsted MEDSTED The parish of Medsted, covering an area of 2,484 acres of land, lies on the high country which rises north-east of Alresford and … of land in the parish as early as 1202, 11 was holding a knight's fee here which had belonged to Andrew Houtot, 12 and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Melbourn MELBOURN THE parish of Melbourn 1 lies on either side of the … by Alice and Christine, daughters of her grandson Walter Ledet. 108 They married respectively William Latimer … Geoffrey de Trailly, perhaps the same Geoffrey who held a knight's fee in Melbourn c. 1210. He was then said to hold of …
A History of the County of Bedford
… lies 12 miles north of Bedford. It is well wooded in the south, there being some 300 acres of woods and plantations; the remaining area is arable land and permanent grass in almost equal proportions. 1 The soil is strong clay, and the chief crops produced are …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Milchet, Melchuyt (xv cent.); Melchett (xvii cent.). The parish of Melchet Park, formerly extraparochial, contains … 539 acres of land and 2 acres of land covered by water, the greater part of which is included within the inclosure of Melchet Park. Park Water, a tributary of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Meldreth MELDRETH The parish of Meldreth, 1 16 km. south-west of Cambridge, is … dower, and then for life by her second husband William or Walter of Brompton, with reversion to Warin's son Edmund. 63 … fee passed to William of Hemel Hempstead, who in 1318 held knight's fee in Meldreth of John de Argentine and died after …