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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Westwood WESTWOOD Westwood is 2.5 km. south-west of Bradford on Avon and 4 km. north-west of Trowbridge. 1 On … lanes from Iford and Farleigh Hungerford, in Norton St. Philip (Som.). There stands the church with Westwood Manor … to her by her second husband, King Cnut, and by their son Harthacnut. 59 After Harthacnut's death Emma gave …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Wexham WEXHAM Wexham, the smallest parish in the hundred of Stoke, covers an area of only 748 acres, of which over … Arthur and his wife Anne. 14 John Arthur, probably their son, was in possession before 1562. 15 He died in 1606, 16 and his son and heir Edmund 17 conveyed Wexham in 1610 to Edward …
A History of the County of Surrey
… cent.); Weybrigge juxta Byflet (xiv cent.). The village of Weybridge is 8 miles south-west of Kingston. The parish is … to very early times. In 1235 Henry III granted to William son of Daniel Pincerna, for his homage and service, two mills … 35 probably for 'Otlond,' which was held of Byfleet, and a Simon atte Weybridge appears in the Court Rolls in 1389 as …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Way (xvi cent.); Wey, Wayhill (xvii cent.). The parish of Weyhill or Penton Graftonin the latter name preserving the memory of its ancient subservience to the Abbots of Grestein … Sir Thomas de la Pole in 1420 20 the manor passed to his son Thomas, and eventually, on the death of the latter …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Parishes Whaddon WHADDON The parish of Whaddon 1 lies east of the Old North Road, c. 6 km. north … his rebellion, was also held in 1086 by Hardwin of Richard son of Count Gilbert. 39 After Hardwin's death his lands were … descended. 64 It was sold with Wimpole in 1739 to Philip Yorke, first earl of Hardwicke (d. 1764), and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Parishes Whaddon WHADDON The ancient parish of Whaddon forms the north-west corner of the modern parish … Scoville property in Hilperton. Henry was succeeded by his son Humphrey 14 who is almost certainly the person named in … the second son of his sister Rebecca who had married Sir Philip Parker of Erwarton (Suff.). This son, Calthorpe …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… and rural parish, its total area being 2,525 acres, of which, in 1905, 184 were arable land, 1,907 permanent … issue of Walter Giffard, second Earl of Buckingham, son of the Domesday holder. 21 It seems to have been detached … to dispose of it. 55 It was held in 1654 by General Philip Skippon, 56 a soldier of great ability in the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… miles from north-west to southeast with an average breadth of mile, lies on either side of a road from Fullready to … tenant had been Toli. 2 Hugh's lands were forfeited by his son Ives, 3 and the overlordship remained in the Crown. An … two daughters as coheirs. One of them, Margery, married Philip le Lou and the other, Amice, married Philip's son John …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… being close by it, which sometimes continues longer full of Water than other swifter Rivers do, unless the Channel be … Adelina had made, and so did Adam de Novomercato, his Son; to whom, in the Year 1241, William, the Abbat, and the … to Sir Thomas Stanhope, Knight, Grand- father of Philip, first Earl of Chesterfield, whose Grandson, Philip, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wheatfield is a small elongated parish lying at the foot of the Chilterns between Watlington and Thame. The modern … in the church by an elaborate monument. 13 When his son Edward died in 1763 the house was described as having ten … years, suggests that they usually lived in the parish. 195 Simon, for example, the first recorded rector, witnessed a …