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A History of the County of Northampton
… half-octagon piscina with roses on the bowl, resting upon a cluster of attached shafts, and having a small … is corbelled out towards the south aisle, and infringes upon an earlier bracket in the east wall: it is lighted on … The font is of the 13th century, with a circular bowl upon a circular stem furnished with four attached shafts, the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and seems to be a continuation of the bridle-path coming upon the left from Coughton Ford. This, it has been … to the poor of Great Alne of 5 4 s. for bread, charged upon Alne Farm: Chan. Proc. 16131714, bdle. 514, no. 81. …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 1537 a reversionary lease of the demesne lands, contingent upon the death of Gilbert Rooks, was made to Thomas Leigh, … second son of William first Viscount Saye and Sele. 76 Upon his death in 1696 Amwell Manor passed to his son-in-law … his brother John Burford of King's College, Cambridge. 80 Upon his death it was purchased by Bibye Lake of Edmonton, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… water-meadows. 5 The soil of both parishes lies mainly upon chalk, overlaid upon the high ground near the county boundary with boulder … the other half, to be held of him as knight's fee, upon John, 141 who died without issue after 1214. John's wife …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… side of the entrance have pediments. The whole stands upon a rusticated plinth. Later a heavy porch was added, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… corner of Great Eversden and extending into Wimpole and Kingston, presumably included the woodland recorded in 1279, … sharp bend northwards where its more direct course towards Kingston is prevented by the presence of Manor Farm on its … Bourn. 83 In 1166 Hamon Pecche answered for three fees in Kingston, Wimpole, and Eversden, held of him by Eustace de …
A History of the County of Bedford
… and his wife Agatha or Alice still held in 1316, 21 and upon his death the property went with his wife to her second … of a knight's fee, 27 and they held it still in 1428. 28 Upon the foundation, however, of the College of Higham … de Crevequer had once held, sixteen years later, 90 and upon his death without issue in 1370 Stephen the son of his …
A History of the County of Northampton
… of Edward IV. 13 The other moiety was apparently bestowed upon William Meschines, and passed by marriage into the de … to Edward III, 16 by whom four years after it was bestowed upon John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, 17 and this moiety of … in 1482, Thomas Lord Stanley, afterwards Earl of Derby, upon whom she settled the manor. 35 On the accession of …
A History of the County of Surrey
… Little Bookham, Effingham, Dorking, and Mickleham. It lies upon the high ground of the chalk range, but extends into the … a daughter and heir, Joan, or Jane, who settled the manor upon herself and her first 31 husband, Sir Edmund Bray, kt., … very early times, but few records remain to throw light upon its early history. In 1201 Ralph son of Walter de Cunton …
A History of the County of Rutland
… manor there hath heretofore been a proper house standing upon high ground and wholesome soil, moated round about . . . … March 1868, bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens 30 upon trust to apply the income annually upon Christmas Day unto and amongst the most deserving poor …