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A History of the County of Warwick
… wing at the east end was pulled down in recent years. The church is at the north-west angle of the village, and from … between two scallops argent. Church The parish church of ST. THOMAS BECKET consists of a chancel, nave, and south … to the Priory of Deerhurst 14 (reconstituted as a cell of St. Denis). The rectory and advowson belonged to Westminster …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… The village, which contains about 24 houses, having the church close to it, is situated nearly in the middle of the … John Wyborne, and thence again to the abbot and convent of St. Augustine, where it continued till the final diffolution … the eldest daughter and coheir, wife of John, viscount St. John. Their son Frederick, viscount St. John, succeeded …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ground north of the main road lie the chief buildings, the church, the medieval rectory-house, the massive 14th-century … regranted to her son George Catesby (d. 1505) of Ashby St. Ledgers (Northants.), for his relict, Elizabeth, who had … with other lands by Philip and Mary to the priory of St. John of Clerkenwell on its refoundation. 329 When the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 26 The nucleated village grew up in narrow lanes round the church, which stood east of the stream until the 19th … Thomas West gave land in Swallowcliffe to the hospital of St. John, Wilton, to endow a chantry in Swallowcliffe church. … Neither the prebendary of Swallowcliffe nor the master of St. John's hospital seem to have had rights in the northern …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… water,' stored with pike, carp, bream and tench. 6 The church stands to the south of the house, at the edge of the … in 1086. The manor was held of the Earls of Warwick by the St. Johns as early as 1166, for in that year William de … which ought to be in his demesne, were held by Thomas de St. John and his mother, who were not rendering service for …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… lies in the centre of the parish along the main road. The church is situated to the east of the village, and near it is … of land in Swanbourne to the leprous nuns and brethren of St. Mary de Pr near St. Albans before the year 1202. 120 The accounts of this …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… as a farm house; and a little further the parsonage and church. Round the village there is some tolerable good land, … headed by archbishop Stigand, and Egelsine, the abbot of St. Augustines, each man having a bough in his hand; so that … request. This tale is repeated by William Thorne, monk of St. Augustine's, Canterbury, from a MSS. history of that …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… the boundaries of Candover. 3 On the site of the old church, which stood in the meadows close to the river, and … 10 This theory is supported by the fact that Robert de St. John, the descendant of Hugh de Port, is returned in the … of Hyde, 11 and that Swarraton occurs in lists of the St. John knights' fees as late as 1394. 12 From another entry …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… The fields are large, and the surface tolerably level. The church stands in the north part of it, at a little distance … of this parish, separated from the rest of it by those of St. Stephens and Whitstaple intervening. The road to it from Canterbury is through St. Stephens, and thence between the great woods of Thornden …
A History of the County of Bedford
… plastered building of brick and timber opposite the church. When it was undergoing restoration in 1864 a copy of … of this priory were valued at the Dissolution at 30 s. 33 CHURCH The church of ST. NICHOLAS consists of chancel 23 ft. 10 in. long by 13 ft. …