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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… This parish is sometimes called Woodford-Halse, from the manor of Halse, of which it is a member, and Woodford cum …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 53 and has remained one. The advowson descended with the manor until the 19th century 54 although presentations were … in 1395 and 1396. 55 The advowson, separated from the manor in 1846 when the latter was purchased by a Catholic, 56 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to the estate. 11 In 1297 the tenants on Woodchester manor held 4½ yardlands, each yardland owing 2 works weekly … Common of pasture in the open fields was regulated by the manor court which was strict on transgressions by draught …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… regularly as an important contribution to the value of the manor in the 15th and 16th centuries, when tenants also … 17 and was chosen for the site of the church 18 and the manor-house. 19 The main settlement of the parish follows the … stands at the west end of the park near the site of the manor-house built in the 18th century, 34 and the only other …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The lord of the manor had right of gallows, pillory, and tumbril in the late … the profits of view of frankpledge, which was held in the manor court by Cirencester Abbey's bailiffs. 40 View of frankpledge was claimed by the lord of the manor in the early 17th century when he also exercised the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. In the early 8th century a grant of … was the tenant. 46 That estate presumably later became the manor of WOODCHESTER, which in 1285 was said to be held of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Catholicism in the parish dates from the purchase of the manor by William Leigh, a convert to catholicism. Leigh …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… boundaries follow the edges of fields, closes, and woods. The northern boundary, where not altered by the … was possibly once extensive, since in 1086 the western manor, Ditton Camoys, had land for 16 ploughteams but only 5 … had probably taken place by 1086, when the manorial woods were reckoned capable of supporting 490 swine, 37 an …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… church stands by the presumed site of Ditton Valence manor house, 11 whose lords probably founded it. Droard son … 1350. 13 From 1540 the advowson descended with the rectory manor and from 1742 with the Cheveley Park estate. 14 The … support a chaplain. 53 Its advowson was conveyed with the manor in 1374. 54 No other reference has been found but the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had … Wrongs, Cawdle, and Mill fields in Saxton. 99 Each manor had a home farm in 1086. 1 Ditton Camoys's had only two … ground, meadows, and commons 250 a., heath 600 a., and woods 150 a. 60 Wheat, barley, oats, peas, and rye were grown …