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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Melksham MELKSHAM The ancient parish of Melksham comprised the areas now … 69 She was immediately succeeded in the administration by Walter de Burgh who accounted for the issues from 1236 to … to Hugh Lovel, for 1 a year during Margery's life, knight's fee in Melksham and Shaw. 209 In 1268 John and Goda …
Magna Britannia
… MELMERBY, in Leath ward, lies nine miles from Penrith. The manor was parcel of the barony of Adam-Fitz-Swein. In the reign of Henry III. it … at Millom 4: his great grandson Sir Richard was made knight banneret at Agincourt: his descendant Ferdinando …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Melsonby (xvii and xviii cent.). Melsonby is composed of the village of Melsonby and part of the township of East Layton. Its area is 2,742 acres, of … under the tower, a recumbent 13th-century effigy of a knight with mail coif, hauberk, surcoat to the knees and long …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… 396 acres are arable land and 65 woods and plantations. 1 The soil is stiff clay and the subsoil clay. The land, which … younger branch of the family Mentmore passed in 15745 to Walter Sandys, 29 an annual rent of 120 chargeable on the … whose name occurs in the 12th century, 45 and whose son Walter was apparently alive in 11823. 46 A joint under-tenant …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Waltham, and about one and a half miles north of Droxford. The village is situated in the extreme west of the parish, … later. 61 In an assize roll of 1280 it is stated that Walter de Cumbe, parson of Meonstoke, had the fines of the … de la Bere, basing their claim on their descent from Walter Waleraund, uncle and heir of John Waleraund, no …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Meopham MEOPHAM. THE next parish southward from Nutsted is Meopham, vulgarly … and was succeeded in this manor by his son and heir, Sir Walter de Huntingfield, 7 who by deed, without any date … reign to John Giffard, who quickly after conveyed it to Walter Powree, of Brenchley, from whom it was conveyed to …
A History of the County of Bedford
… (xiii, xiv cent.); Mepartyshall, Meppersal (xv cent.). The parish of Meppershall has an area of 1,965 acres, of … as 1493; 8 in 1607 it was held of the king in chief by knight service. 9 Meppershall. Argent fretty sable with a … of mark from the church, which had been confirmed by Walter archbishop of Canterbury in 1319, and was confirmed by …
A History of the County of Warwick
… to south and 1 miles from east to west, is bounded on the north-east by Watling Street, on the north-west by Waste … an iron-mill or smithy, were granted in tail male to Sir Walter Devereux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, in December 1540. … with a well-preserved pair of brass effigies, one of a knight of c. 1400 in full armour with gauntleted hands in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… called Merrud. In Domesday it is written Marourde, and in the Textus Roffensis, MRUURTHA, and MERANWYRTHE. THE PARISH of Mereworth is within the district of the Weald, … de Sharstede, who then held it as the third part of a knight's fee, of the earl of Gloucester, 9 and his …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 3,099. Population: 1911, 832; 1921, 848; 1931, 911. The parish of Meriden is situated in typical Arden country … as early as 1234, when Gilbert de Segrave held one-quarter knight's fee of John de Langley, who himself held of Hugh … of John de Segrave, after his death in 1353 married Sir Walter Manney, and had a second daughter Anne, who became …