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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Mering MERING. King William's Land here was rated to the Geld at six Bovats and an half. 1 It should seem it, 2 cr Part of it became afterwards of the Earl of Richmona's Fee, because Richard de Sutton is said to hold of that Honor a Knight's Fee in Sutton, Carleton, and Meringes. 3 And before …
A History of the County of Surrey
… cent.). Merrow is a village 2 miles east of Guildford. The parish is bounded on the north-west by Worplesdon, on the … land at Merrow to William de St. John, 2 who granted it to Walter son of Ingard for one knight's fee. Walter had two daughters, of whom the elder …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Mersham MERSHAM. THE next parish to Kingsnoth north-eastward is Mersham, being the last to be described in this hundred. It is written in … three sons and one daughter Frances, who married. Thomas Knight, esq. late of Godmersham, and Norton, who was of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… of Reigate, 8 miles south-by-west from Croydon, on the road between the two. The parish is bounded on the north by Coulsdon, on the east …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… MERSTON. EASTWARD from Denton lies Merston, written in the Textus Roffensis, Merestune. This place takes its name from its situation, being flat and low, where the soil is naturally marshy. It is now grown so obscure as … Robert de Sancto Claro, or St. Clere, who held it as one knight's see of Warine de Montchensie. 2 In the reign of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Merton is a parish of about 1,763 acres, occupied for the most part by market gardens on the south and west, and by increasing numbers of small houses … fall in 1232, and was violently removed from the church. Walter de Merton, chancellor of Edward I, was apparently a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Merton MERTON The parish of Merton, 1 covering 1,932 acres, lies about a mile to the south of Bicester, mostly in the plain of the Oxford … that he held the fee of Piddington by the service of of a knight's fee. 115 He died in 1266, leaving a son Robert as …
Magna Britannia
… Parishes Mevagissey - Mullion Mevagissey MEVAGISSEY, in the deanery and in the east division of the hundred of … and was by them sold, in or about the year 1667, to Walter Vincent, Esq. of Truro, who, in 1680, was appointed … Nicholas, who died in 1726, mortgaged this estate to John Knight, Esq., of Gosfield-hall in Essex: it is now the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… and Mitchelmarsh (xiv cent.); Mychelmers (xvi cent.). The parish of Michelmersh is on high ground which falls in … made whereby Stephen, prior of Mottisfont, surrendered to Walter, prior of St. Swithun, all his possessions in the … north side of the chancel is a fine freestone effigy of a knight in mail, c. 1320, with a mail cap, a long surcoat …
A History of the County of Surrey
… and 2 miles from north to south, and contains 2,825 acres. The village lies in the Mole valley, and the parish comprises the valley and the … 'the manor called Le North Bury' in Mickleham as half a knight's fee of Earl Gilbert de Clare. 54 He was granted free …