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A History of the County of Huntingdon
… and Peterborough, and the village lying in the west of the parish, near the southern boundary, is south of their … Longueville (Bucks). 5 Walter Giffard died in 1085 and his son Walter, who owned Folksworth at the time of the Domesday … held in 1086 by Hugh, 9 evidently Hugh de Bolebec, whose son Hugh, the founder in 1145 of Woburn Abbey, was succeeded …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Bishop FONTHILL BISHOP Fonthill Bishop is 22 km. east of Salisbury, one in a line of villages on the northern … Donhead St. Andrew. 26 The Groves were succeeded by their son William (d. 1622). About 1610 the lease was acquired like … nephew George Mortimer. 41 Fonthill farm passed to King's son Frederick (d. 1893) who in 1860 bought from Bishop Sumner …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Gifford FONTHILL GIFFORD Fonthill Gifford, 22 km. west of Salisbury, 1 was the site of Fonthill Abbey, one of the … descendant of Berenger was Robert Giffard (fl. 1135) whose son Gerard (fl. 1172) held Fonthill in 1159. Gerard was … Isabel held that land as dower in 1324. His heir was Philip de Vautort who then conveyed his title to the land to …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… lies Foot's Cray, which takes its name from the owner of it in the time of the Saxons, one Godwin Fot, ( Fot in the … died possessed of it in the reign of king Edward I. His son Roger de Rokesle seems to have possessed only a moiety of … king Edward II. 1 his son Walter Abel conveyed it to Sir Simon de Vaughan, 2 who paid aid for it in the 20th year of …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… Forsate (xv cent.). Forcett parish was composed in 1831 of the townships of Barforth, Carkin (now included in … and his issue male. 23 Sir Henry Wyatt died in 1537, his son Sir Thomas in 1542, and Sir Thomas son of the latter was … to raise Kent against the queen's marriage with Philip of Spain. 24 Whether the Wyatts alienated Forcett or …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (xiii cent.). Fordingbridge, a large parish on the borders of Dorset and on the banks of the River Avon, includes the … belonged at the time of the Domesday Survey to Robert the son of Gerald, 15 who also held the Middle and South Manors … 1231, left a niece and heir Alice daughter of his brother Philip de Linguire and wife of William de la Falaise. 18 From …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Parishes Forest Hill FOREST HILL The modern civil parish of Forest Hill with Shotover (2,127a.) 1 was formed in 1881 … hides probably dates from about 1100 when Ilbert de Lacy's son forfeited his Stanton lands. 73 It is possible that the … in the abbey's hands. The canons allowed Hugh de Tew's son Walter and his wife to hold the land for their lives, 79 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Forthampton FORTHAMPTON Forthampton lies on the west bank of the Severn, opposite Tewkesbury. Its rural character and … of Hereford, and because of the forfeiture by William's son Roger it was in the Crown's hands in 1086. 105 The Crown … the manor, and in 1762 she married James Yorke, 5th son of Philip Yorke, Earl of Hardwicke. 137 James Yorke later became …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… near Bulmer (xiv cent.). Foston, with the township of Thornton-le-Clay, lies south of Bulmer, the boundary line between the two parishes being … belonged the land in Thornton owned by John Pigot and his son Richard, a lawyer of some distinction, of part of which …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Fowlmere FOWLMERE The parish of Fowlmere 1 lies c. 13 km. south of Cambridge and c. 8 km. … of Stansted Mountfichet, passing in turn to William's son Gilbert (d. 1186x7), Gilbert's son Richard (d. 1204), and … classis and was ejected in 1660. 245 His successor Simon Potter, ejected from a Cambridge fellowship c. 1644, …