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A History of the County of Warwick
… descent. 10 It was certainly in the hands of Robert, Lord Spencer, by 1599, when William Grant died holding land of his … and 7 selions of land in Priors Marston of Robert, Lord Spencer, and a messuage and 1 virgates of the king. 16 The main manor, however, continued in the Spencer family and has descended to the present Earl Spencer. …
A History of the County of Surrey
… is uncertain, but in 1780 it was the property of Earl Spencer, lord of the manor of Wimbledon. 41 The house came … Common; they are referred to in the church books. Lord Spencer subsequently gave these as rent-free dwellings for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Marlboroughs and was held in 1785 by Lord Charles Spencer (d. 1820) of Wheatfield. 307 After the death of Lord … 1831, Standhill went to his infant grandson Charles Vere Spencer as part of a heavily mortgaged estate and was sold … vesting the . . . manors and estates . . . of Charles Vere Spencer . . . 5 & 6 Will. IV, c. 23 (priv. act). For the …
A History of the County of Northampton
… the parish; other outlying properties are Pytchley Lodge, Spencer's Lodge, and Cox's Lodge. At the centre of the …
A History of the County of Warwick
… and Elizabeth Wilbraham sold the moiety to William, Lord Spencer, in 1631. 31 With the Spencers it remained for some sixty years. In 1691 Robert (Spencer), Earl of Sunderland, conveyed a quarter of the manor … of the manor of Radbourn. 41 Sir John Dryden and Lady Spencer owned the 'decayed towns of Over and Nether Radbourn' …
A History of the County of Surrey
… passed to Sir Richard Lyttelton, from whom John Earl Spencer purchased it for his mother the Countess Cowper. … and here also she and George Lewes were visited by Herbert Spencer and other friends. Abercorn House is now used as a …
Magna Britannia
… of the prebendal manor: the present lessee is the Rev. Spencer Madan, D.D. The prebendary appoints the perpetual …
A History of the County of Hertford
… to the east of Bernard's Heath upon the property of Earl Spencer. There was formerly an iron chapel served by the … son John, 15 who by his wife Alice daughter of Sir Richard Spencer had a son Richard who succeeded him. Richard had … duchess of Marlborough left the manor to her grandson John Spencer, who died in 1746, when he was succeeded by his son …
A History of the County of Bedford
… Sir Robert Catlin, 30 whose daughter Mary married Sir John Spencer, and her grandson William Spencer whose father was created Baron Spencer of Wormleighton in 1603, held the manor at the time …