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A History of the County of Oxford
… make payments in kind, the estate was run to supply the earl with cash profits. The most important crops were wheat … Some livestock was transferred to other manors of the earl, but there is no reference to a similar traffic in … leading group of 8 or 10 families, many descended from the earl of Cornwall's yardland tenants of 1279. Of 33 family …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from suit at the hundred court of Wootton by Richard, earl of Cornwall. Earl Edmund held courts for his villeins at Yarnton, but free …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Henry III, who gave them in 1227 to his brother Richard, earl of Cornwall (d. 1272). 66 Richard's son Edmund granted …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Burravoe, synod of Shetland, and in the patronage of the Earl of Zetland. The minister's stipend is 158., of which …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… John Dimbleby, mason, and Edward Orper, carpenter, for the Earl of Westmorland; accounts exist for ironwork provided by …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… was dissolved, and in 1553 was granted to William Herbert, earl of Pembroke (d. 1570). 60 In 1567 the estate consisted … or part of the estate passed with the earldom to Philip, earl of Pembroke and of Montgomery (d. 1683), who held part … Ernle (d. 1648). 36 A grant of it by the Crown to William, earl of Pembroke, in 1553 37 was void. From Sir John Ernle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and S. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Earl's-Plympton; containing 1317 inhabitants. It comprises by … a mile east of the high road from Ashbourn to Sudbury: Earl Ferrers is a considerable owner, and the lord of the … of stone, commemorating the victory gained in 1415, by the Earl of Westmoreland, with an English force of 440 men, over …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of them representing Rhŷs Vawr ab Meredydd, to whom Henry, Earl of Richmond, afterwards Henry VII., intrusted the … themselves. In 1158 it was besieged and taken by Roger, Earl of Clare, but in 1189 was retaken by Maelgwyn ab Rhŷs, … with 800 royal bounty; total net income, 86; patron, the Earl of Lisburne: attached are about 200 acres of land …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… that an army should be sent, under the command of the Earl of Surrey, to relieve Roxburgh, which the Scots were at … then threatened with siege by Robert Bruce. In 1322, the Earl of Hereford, who, with the Earl of Lancaster, had rebelled against the king, having been …