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The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… the Rev. Ferdinando Ashmall, who survived all his father's house, and attained the extraordinary age of a hundred and … Alabaster. By Ind. 6 May 1607, Sir John Watts, Alderman of London, Paul Bayning, Esq. and Thomas Alabaster, merchant, … Frevile, of Littleburne, Gent. and Robert Frevile, of London, (brothers of Nicholas Frevile) severally released …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… betwixt Oakwell gate and the Fore street lay the house and gardens of the loyal and wealthy family of Cole 5. … Esq. late wife to John Clifton, Citizen and Mercer of London, who departed this life the 6th of May 1651, near 32 … l. 17 s. To Mr. Newton, for carrying two poor children to London, 18 s. 1701, 22 April. Ord d that y e littell bell now …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… the manor as freely as our royal power to any religious house can give or grant, and to whosoever shall increase this … he shall have a maintenance from the revenues of the house. The Master shall be a Priest, and shall wear, during … y e use of those that suffered by y e dreadfull fire of London, the sume of five shillings four pence, on the fast …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… about fourteen acres; and of a farm at Mordon-moor-house, in the parish of Sedgefield, purchased with Queen … Anno quinto Henrici q'nto, and he did augment the manner-house of Wynyard, with new edifices and buildings, as … I might in some sort compare him to Bishop Vaghan, late of London; he grew somewhat corpulent, and having been sicke, …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… the battle of the Standard), was the founder of the elder house of Skelton, which terminated in the fifth descent, in … with the Bishop of St. Andrew's 19. Wallace had died in London as a traitor, for openly resisting an authority which … reached Lochmaben on the seventh day after leaving London, met Comyn at Dumfries, and the sequel is, as in the …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… contained in his indenture 2, and with the Grange, and ox-house, and close-court 3, and pays twenty marks; two tofts … of Durham a silver bowle; to his brother Thomas Gill, of London; to his uncle Hugh Walton. Little Haughton was granted … in Westmoreland; Christopher Dickon, Thomas Dickon, of London; and Thomas Dickon the younger 23. (Lowther's estate …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… hill: this was probably the exact site of the old Manor-house, Courts, and Gaol. The site agrees admirably with … built out of the old squared stones of the gaol or manor-house. There are monumental inscriptions in the church-yard … receipt for 30 l.; he is then styled in the city of London, Gent. The advance was probably made with some view to …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… hay and make the fence (clausuram) of the Bishop's Court-house and of the Verge of the Court 4. Besides, the villans … Thus in every principal manor the Bishop had his court-house and his hall, the residence of the steward, or, when … Elizabeth Byerley, the last of this family, who dyed in London Feb. 1766, aged 63; a woman of exemplary manners and …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… Hunstanworth (of which he was probably the founder) to the House of Durham. Two centuries later the Prior and Convent … the advbwson, glebe, and universal circumstances, with the house of Kepyer, for a rentcharge of 13 s. 4 d. out of the … was son of one of the Serjeants-at-mace of the city of London, and rose to the peerage through the swiftly …
The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham
… of Hurworth 12 and half the advowson to John Bland, of London, merchant. Ingleby's Manor, as it is termed in the … Jennison, Gent. of Neasham Abbey; Ann Byerly, widow, at London; Judith Richardson, spinster; Hamond Beaumont, Clerk; … Robert Warde, of Darneton; Cuthbert Bore, of Skipbridge-house; Timothy Kitchingman, at Baulke, in Yorkshire; Francis …