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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… the justices of the county of Worcester assembled in sessions The humble petition of Charles Faulkner keeper of … the said prison having no assistant allowed to assist him in his charge and the present salary so inadequate to the … think meet to enable him to support the charge entrust in him with safety. And your worships petitioner will as in …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… & RADFORD. Elsi before the Norman invasion had two manors in Werchesope, which paid to the geld as three car. The land … de Busli (whose see the conquerour made it) had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this … reign. This reverend judge, amongst others, had summons to parliament in the reign of Edward the 1st. To him succeeded …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… steward of it for the Conqueror, who retained the manor in his own hands. Roger de Montford also possessed an estate … nor have we heard that there ever was any. 9 By an Act of Parliament, passed thirty-first George III., 1791, entitled 'An Act for …
A History of the County of Essex
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A manor in Wormingford assessed at 1½ hides and 10 a. was held in … descendant Richard de Munfichet, the overlordship passed to Giles de Plaiz, Lord Plaiz (d. 1302). 99 It … or his heir of the same name held it in 1420, and then it passed to his son Richard 7 (d. 1435), and to Richard's son …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worplesdon (St. Mary) WORPLESDON ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Guildford, First division of the hundred of … Duke of Bridgewater obtained an act, and afterwards other acts, enabling him to construct a series of canals from his … who died in 1602. The estate attached to it eventually passed to Richard Chamberlain, by whose representative it was …
A History of the County of York
… Worship in the Minster WORSHIP IN THE MINSTER The Middle Ages It has … canons whether they were absent or not. The domestic rules passed by the vicars-choral themselves between about 1350 and … .' (John iii. 14-16) and 'Be it evident and knowen . . .' (Acts xiii. 38-39). Stat. Cath. Ch. York, 63-64. Minst. Fab. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… SE) Worth Matravers, a parish covering 2,700 acres, lies in the S. part of the Isle of Purbeck, 3 miles W. of Swanage. … 450 ft. above O.D., drained by three deeply cut valleys in which small streams flow S. to the sea. In the W. is Hill Bottom, and in the E. are Winspit and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… than from the several dates when they were incorporated in Worthing. Some aspects of the history of Goring after 1929 … c. 25 ft. above sealevel, whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was … That may have been the site of Worthing harbour, recorded in 1300 53 and 1493, 54 which was a member of Shoreham port …
A History of the County of Sussex
… borough from 1890 to 1974, the second largest town in Sussex, and one of the principal seaside resorts in England and Wales, lies on the south coast roughly mid-way … was formerly one of the chief market-gardening districts in the country. The modern borough, since 1974 the district, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Churches CHURCHES. A chapel at Worthing was recorded in 1291, 73 and in 1410 was being used for mass. 74 Two chaplains, possibly of Worthing chapel, occurred in the early 15th century. 75 The chapel still existed in the …