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Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… wife was Anne, the daughter of William lord Hastings, chamberlain to king Edward the fourth, by whom he had his … therefore take a cursorary review, after Leland and Tanner's account. " Werkensop a pretty market town of two streets, … bishop of Canterbury and Gerard bishop of York in Henry's days. His b'ood and inheritance came to a daughter that …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This … The estate attached to it eventually passed to Richard Chamberlain, by whose representative it was sold to William …
A History of the County of York
… and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's flight from York after the battle of Hatfield only James … the altar of St. John of Beverley by Richard of Taunton, a clerk, who had provided it should be held by a vicar-choral. … Albs, and in addition incense, are mentioned in the York chamberlain's roll for 1550. 91 Archbishop Holgate's …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the market-gardening industry 88 and of the town's popularity as a site for convalescent homes. In the Middle …
A History of the County of Sussex
… AND PUBLIC SERVICES Manor Court books of Worthing manor's court baron survive from 1544 to 1925. 91 The court's jurisdiction was presumably over that part of Worthing … was levied until 1898. 3 Officers appointed in 1803 were a clerk, who was paid for each meeting he attended, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. The Countess of Huntingdon's Connexion, after an unsuccessful attempt to establish … lectures, as the Montague Hall. 98 It was also the town's main theatre until 1884, 99 and was used by many … (1914-15). Ibid. (1910). Ibid. (1914-15). Ex inf. the clerk, First Ch. of Christ Scientist, Worthing. Worthing …
A History of the County of Rutland
… hundred which Henry II confirmed to William Mauduit, his chamberlain, grandson of Michael, in 1163. 5 William Mauduit, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ward, E. division of the county of Cumberland, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Carlisle; containing 151 inhabitants. The Lancaster … of the sigilaria or antediluvian palm-tree; and the clerk's desk, on the opposite side, is the figure of a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… distributed annually. Edward Pemberton improved the land's value in 1670 by building a house and barn on it. The … was built on the site c. 1801 but the rent of £4 10 s. was not increased; it was paid out annually as the … rent charge. The vicar was to have £1 1 s. and the parish clerk 1 s. for administering it. By 1821, and still in 1897, …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… About 1490 the vicarage was worth £8 a year. 74 The vicar's income in 1612 consisted of tithes of wool, lambs, flax, … Edward Pemberton (d. 1680) left a rent charge of £6 13 s. 4 d. for similar purposes; it was discharged for £200 in … links. For much of the period 1600-1900 the parish clerk was a member of the Houlston family. 26 The church of …