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A History of the County of Warwick
… adjoins Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, but the portion of the former county which constituted the extra-parochial … in 1613 by Sir Robert, first Lord Spencer, and he or his son seem to have made alterations and perhaps enlargements to … Sir William Mountfort of Coleshill. 30 His grandson Sir Simon Mountfort was attainted for treason in 1495 and his …
A History of the County of Hertford
… the River Lea. The New River flows through the eastern end of the parish, and east of the river and parallel with it is … WORMLEY was one of the manors which were granted by Harold son of Godwin to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 3 At the … presentation to the church. 16 He was succeeded by his son William Purvey, who appears to have been in possession of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Wormsell WORMSELL. WESTWARD from Frinsted, near the summit of the chalk hills, lies Wormsell, now vulgarly called, and … to Julian his wife, and afterwards to Richard Pepyr, his son. THIS MANOR was antiently esteemed as an appendage to the … Margery, the other daughter of Hamo de Gatton, married Simon de Norwood, and had all her father's lands in Surry. In …
A History of the County of Surrey
… The village and church stand upon an abrupt hill of Bagshot sand (the Bracklesham Beds), but round it the soil … of Nicholas de Seymour, 9 while in 1328 Thomas de Seymour, son of Nicholas, was declared to be intermediate lord between … the whole moiety. She died in 1328 leaving as her heir her son Roger de Hegham. 14 She held of Thomas de Seymour, who …
A History of the County of Sussex
… (xi cent.) Worth is a large parish on the northern border of the county and the north-east corner of the rape, having … More, 9 from whose widow Agnes it passed in 1557 to their son Edward More. 10 Edward was succeeded before 1565 by … 16th century, half by Henry, Earl of Derby, and half by Philip, Earl of Arundel, and descended with their shares of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Worthyng (xv cent.); Wourtinge (xvi cent.). The parish of Worting covers an area of 1,145 acres: it lies to the west … was planted in 1740 by Walter Bigg, rector of Worting, the son of Dorothy Wither, to mark the boundary between this … it on himself for life with reversion to his younger son James. 21 He died in 1607, and was succeeded by his son …
A History of the County of Surrey
… a mile broad, and in places less. It contains 3,782 acres of land and 14 of water. The church is 3 miles west-by-south … ruinous and a haunt for disorderly characters. In 1796 Mr. Philip Henry Perrin of Leith Hill Place repaired it and … Mr. Lee Steere, who died in 1784, left it to the son of his daughter and of Mr. Richard Witts, Lee Steere …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Wrestlingworth is a small rural parish with an area of 1,700 acres lying on the borders of Cambridgeshire. Its … of the honour of Huntingdon, 5 is in a charter by which Simon earl of Northants and of Huntingdon (113884) granted … died seised of it in the latter year. 10 He left as heir a son Walter, who at his death in 1313 left the manor to his …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… and in the Textus Roffensis, WROTEHAM. THE PARISH of Wrotham is of very large extent, being, though only … Peckham. He lies buried in Plaxtool chapel, and his eldest son, William Dalyson, esq. of Hamptons, now resides in it. … with all its appurtenances, in the 3d and 4th year of king Philip and queen Mary, to Robert Byng, who resided at …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a.), bounds upon Swindon to the north. 1 As a result of Swindon's boundary extensions Wroughton lost 148 a. (60 … two estates were merged. Codrington was succeeded by his son William Frederick (d.s.p. 1947), who in 1911 sold Hackpen … Lovel, who granted it to Lacock Abbey. 269 Her brother Philip Basset (d. 1271) released the nuns from service due to …