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A History of the County of Berkshire
… years he increased his holding by acquisitions from Edward the Black Prince, the Prior of Wallingford, Roger de … in 1660, 74 in which year he conveyed the manors to Edward Sedgwick. The latter's son or successor Thomas … Inform. from Mr. Thomas H. Powell. Ibid.; V.C.H. Berks. i, 216. V.C.H. Berks. i, 216. Evans, Coins of Anct. Brit. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Berry, Hants Gen. 109. There is an unaccountable lack of inquisitions post mortem on the Dibden manors during the 14th and 15th …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… terms the Bishop of Ely's liberty in the Isle; for, as Sir Edward Coke tells us, 'the royal franchise of Ely ... in … peculiar powers in the Isle only to the time of Henry I; 6 but at the end of the 18th century the Rev. Mr. Warren … to the 2nd ed. of 1812). See, for example, Hist. Elien. i, cap. 15, ed. D. J. Stewart (1848), 48. e.g. my own …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… of Ely certainly became a court-holding franchise. In 1052 Edward the Confessor gave Ely Abbey to Wulfric 'in all things … the time before the Norman Conquest, by two writs of Henry I. One expresses the king's will that the men of the Bishop … to hold the hundred courts of the Isle of Ely in Henry I's time, in the time of his brother and his father, and in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… along with the shire, including the ship money of Charles I and the hearth tax of Charles II. 22 This half-way status … the Lords Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire. In the reign of Edward VI Bishop Goodrich secured his own appointment as Lord … world-Hitcham in 1610 was queen's Attorney-General; Sir Edward Turner was Speaker of the Cavalier Parliament; and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… bishop, the prior and their successors, said a charter of Edward III in 1343, shall make return of summonses of the … rolls of Wisbech hundred go back to the later years of Edward I. 78 At that period, it was still a very busy court. It met …
A History of the County of Essex
… held to have become a separate liberty by charter of Edward IV in 1465. Even before 1465, however, it was … justice. The charter was twice confirmed by Elizabeth I. 20 Her second charter (1588) constituted a corporation … the court leet ordered that a cage, stocks, and whipping post be set up at Hornchurch. 103 The cage, which obstructed …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… two dreadful tempests which happened in the reigns of king Edward I. and III. which destroyed the face of this whole country. … king Offa, in 791, to the priory of Christchurch. 1 King Edward II. in his 10th year, granted and confirmed to the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of the island was within the borough of Portsmouth. Now (i.e. since 1835) the whole of Portsea is contained in the … received by the sheriff for the crown, was granted by Edward I to his mother, Queen Eleanor, for life, in May, … extended as far north as a line from Tipner to the Green Post on the London Road, and as far east as the bounds of …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… should be made between the woods of the two lords, i.e. from the way called 'Strogetway' to a certain pasture … the land known as Copnor or the Salt Pit in Portsea to Sir Edward Sidenham, with power to make salt there. 62 … III. Information kindly supplied by Mr. W. H. Saunders. Post Office Directory, Hants, 1848. Pigot's Commercial …