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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Parishes Monks Horton MONKS HORTON. THE parish of Horton, usually called Monks Horton, from the … king Edward I.'s reign, that the prior of Horton held one knight's fee in Horton, by the service of ward to that … scite of the priory, with the lands belonging to it, to Walter Mantell, esq. grandson of Sir Walter Mantell, of …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and a maximum breadth of 4 miles, lies largely between the two Roman roads, the Fosse Way and Watling Street, which … of his wife Katherine in 1362, when they conveyed it to Walter Withors and Isabel his wife. 51 From their son Ralph … 67 This Sir John was a man of some local prominence and knight of the shire in 1351. 68 His three sons leaving no …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Parva Risborwe (xiv cent.); Monks Rysborough (xvi cent.). The parish of Monks Risborough lies on the north-western … in 1569 22 to Richard Tredway of Beaconsfield and his son Walter, and Richard Tredway again sold it to Elizabeth … archbishop some years later. Henry de Owlswick held half a knight's fee there in 12846, 33 and he was the ancestor of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Monkton Fairleigh MONKTON FARLEIGH The course of the Roman road to Bath and of Wansdyke forms the northern … inquisition that the priory had been in the custody of Sir Walter Hungerford and William Stourton. 29 In 1536 the manor …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Parishes Montacute MONTACUTE The ancient parish of Montacute, four miles west of Yeovil, was 1,485 a. in extent before the addition of a detached portion of Norton sub Hamdon was … (iv) 1614, Wiseman; (v) 1810, Mears; (vi) 1733, William Knight. 365 The registers begin in 1558 but are incomplete. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xviii cent.). Monxton is a long, narrow parish bounded on the north by Weyhill and on the south by Over Wallop. The height above the sea level … held it with the neighbouring manor of Quarley by half a knight's fee ( Feud. Aids, ii, 370). Cal. Pat. 142936, p. …
A History of the County of Huntingdon
… (xvii cent.). This small parish, which is bounded on the east by the Ermine Street, lies between Haddon on the north and Folksworth on the south. It is a long strip in …
A History of the County of Rutland
… (xiv cent.); Morcot (xv cent.); Morcote (xvi cent.). The parish of Morcott covers an area of 1,363 acres of land … and pasture. A stream flows from west to east through the parish, and for some distance forms the southern county … to the Mauduits. William Mauduit gave one tenth of a knight's fee in Morcott to his daughter Alice, wife of John …
A History of the County of Warwick
… 388; 1921, 296; 1931, 323. This small parish is bounded on the east by the Fosse Way and on the other three sides by small streams. … de Harecourt was lord of half the vill, which he held as knight's fee of William de Bishopsdon, who held of the Earl …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Parishes Moreton-in-Marsh MORETON-IN-MARSH The parish of Moreton-in-Marsh, in the north-east corner of the county, consists mainly of a … Cormeilles was said to hold with her land in Batsford as a knight's fee in 1236. 153 A free tenant granted his land in …