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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… descended to his daughter Joan and her husband Alexander de Fryville, whose descendants still claimed it at the … whole of his possessions passed at the Conquest to Robert de Vescy, who held Newton Harcourt in 1086. 25 The ownership … the 13th century; it is said to have been held by Saer de Quency and by him given to his sister Arabella at the time …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de Bethum (125156), also named Henry de Midhop, was probably son of Roger, son of Orm son of Thor, … is named as early as 1188. Roger, son and heir of Henry de Midhop, was living in 1290. The Chartulary or Coucher Book …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a co-heiress of the Alansons, who married Roger de Withnil or Wythenall. By a charter of the 11th of Edward III., the king granted to Sir Richard de Hoghton and his heirs the privilege of free warren in … here, between Henry Bohun, Earl of Hereford, and Aymer de Valence, Earl of Pembroke; the latter of whom was a great …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Birmingham, opened a motor accessory plant at the former De Havilland factory west of the town in 1950, manufacturing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 7184, 10121. ORO, MSS Wills Oxon., Witney inventories. HMC De L'Isle and Dudley I, p. 298; above, manor. For Collier, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 130026, 34950. Winch. PR 121011, ed. Holt, 656 ( seldis de burgo); below (mkt places). Hants RO, 11M59/B1/7 sqq; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… later, measuring instruments and viewing panels. 35 The De Havilland aircraft company, hampered by wartime … were 1,200 workers, many of them transferred from the De Havilland factory at Hatfield. The Witney factory remained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the early 19th century. 157 The 13th-century surname 'de Crundel' 158 may imply a few cottages nearer Corn Street's … elsewhere. Lowell Place or Yard, originally a narrow cul-de-sac running northwards from Corn Street with cottage rows … mess and other buildings. In September 1939 the De Havilland aircraft company took over the airfield, which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ovolo frames, probably of similar date, while the oeil-de-beuf upper parts to the windows of the grammar school of … windows have stone mullions and transoms with oeil-de-beuf openings above. The schoolroom was renovated by the … post-war development: in particular the aircraft company De Havilland developed a major repair factory at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with the legend 'SIGILL UM COMMUNE BURGEN SIUM ET VILLE DE WITNEY' ('Common Seal of the Burgesses [or Borough] and … Witney, 245, and Hyde, 'Winchester Manors', 71, list Adam de Pyry as MP in 1307 or 130910, apparently in error: cf. …