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A History of the County of Oxford
… it appears that he was a fell-monger, accustomed 'to ride upon his pack of skins', and had always been profoundly … 'ancient maids' of Watlington. The cost was to be charged upon her estate in Princes Risborough (Bucks.) and in 1823 … owner of the property. 892 By 1883 the estate had devolved upon Sir Nathaniel Mayer de Rothschild, Bt. (created Lord …
A History of the County of Hertford
… 1304. 22 Isabel having quitclaimed her right in the manor upon her husband's death, it was re-granted to her for life, … Stow Bardolph in Norfolk, 31 and died in January 13856. 32 Upon the death of Robert Bardolf in 1394 the manor reverted … whom he was divorced before 1477, 40 but who survived him. Upon the death of Anne Cobham, his great-aunt, in 1454 he …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the manor to him. 26 In the same year he settled it upon himself and his wife Dorothy, and, failing their issue, upon his sister Muriel and her husband, Sir Thomas Knyvett, … by his wife Elizabeth daughter and one of the heirs of J. Hull of Tilehurst, and was born at East Ilsley in 1558, and …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… north is approached by an avenue of lime trees which opens upon a view of the ruins of Snape Castle. Leland describes it … Bernulf was tenant in 1086. Well had berewicks in Burton upon Ure, 'Opetone' and 'Achebi' in Snape, each assessed at 4 … tower is modified by the chamfering off of the angles, and upon the diagonal sides thus formed are small buttresses. The …
A History of the County of Worcester
… at the foot of the eastern slopes of the Malvern Hills, upon the main road, about 2 miles west of Upton-on-Severn. Upon the south side of the road is the modern church of St. James. The original church stood upon a by-road, about half a mile to the eastward, a little …
A History of the County of Northampton
… dated 9 January 1596 gave a yearly rent of 5 4 s. charged upon lands at Hoxton in London to the poor. The charge was …
A History of the County of Hertford
… of the parish. 9 The rector becomes lord of the manor upon his institution to the living. 10 In 1275 the parson … it descended 40 in the same manner as Digswell (q.v.). Upon the death of Thomas Perient in 1545 41 Lockleys was … to her own testimony), the reversion to be settled by her upon one of their children. Jane settled it upon her younger …
A History of the County of Oxford
… accepted the offer, as it was ever his 'wish to live upon the best of terms' with his parishioners. 168 At the …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… de Monmouth settled 3 carucates here, probably as trustee, upon Thomas son of Hugh on his marriage with Beatrice … having previously settled his lands, to avoid division, upon his three sons, William, Stephen and Richard, … tradition relates that she once escaped and was recaptured upon Leyburn Shawl, at the spot known as the Queen's Gap. …
A History of the County of Sussex
… sued his trustees, stating that the manor had been settled upon him and his brothers John and Edward. The trustees were …