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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Landbeach Charities for the poor MANORS The larger of Landbeach's two manors, … Blacwine (23/4 hides), of four king's sokemen (2 hides), and of men of the abbot of Ely (11/4 hides, of which his …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Some villagers were linked c. 1675 to a group of dissenters in neighbouring parishes, 84 and 21 people, including 8 married couples, were failing to receive the sacrament in 1686. 85 In 1728, however, there was only …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Landownership Chelsea manor CHELSEA MANOR Before 1066 the manor of Chelsea, worth £9, was held with estates in Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire by Wlwen, a woman, though described in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… estate HUNGERFORD'S ESTATE John Barnard (d. 1537), citizen and mercer, chamberlain of the City of London, and his wife Alice had property in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… at 2 hides in 1086, perhaps as a royal concession to the holder, the number of ploughs suggests that the manor did cover the whole of the … manor probably accounted for less than half the acreage, and several medieval freeholds included lands in Chelsea as …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Later estates LATER ESTATES ARNOLD - GREENE William Arnold of Fulham, yeoman, held land in Chelsea in the early 17 th … Thames, initially to build a barge-house for the company's state barge. 17 The Society built three barge-houses in the … C 66/2193, no. 78; above, Intro., comms (ferry). Sidney Papers, I. 141: presentation probably part of campaign to get …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… More's estate MORE'S ESTATE Sir Thomas More, lawyer and king's secretary, built up an important estate in Chelsea … with a wharf and little close adjoining, and Butts close of c.2½ from Thomas Keyle, citizen and mercer of London, 19 … 8 More became lord chancellor in 1529, and conducted some state business at his Chelsea house, including hearing …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… Landownership Other medieval estates and freeholdings OTHER MEDIEVAL ESTATES AND FREEHOLDINGS HASELEY AND WAVER In 1433 a messuage fronting the highway by the Thames was conveyed to Thomas Haseley, … widow, and two others and their heirs, with 3 roods of arable in Westfield apparently near the messuage. 2 In …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Landwade LANDWADE The ancient parish of Landwade lies on the Suffolk boundary over 6 km. (4 miles) north of Newmarket (Suff.), and 3 km. (2 miles) southwest of Fordham village. 25 The …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… a separate parish, but it came to be accepted as one from the mid 15th century, perhaps through having its own church; it never had an incumbent of its own, but only curates appointed by various … Since 1895 the parish has been attached to St. Martin's and St. Philip's, Exning. 44 In 1540 the chapel's annual …