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A History of the County of Northampton
… with beautiful gardens. Its predecessor, 'Mrs. Vawse's house at Harrowden', was a centre of the recusants during the … these examinations to have been then starting to ride to London on 6 November to treat for his marriage with the … of Thomas Howard, Earl of Suffolk, when news of 'broils in London' caused him to postpone his journey. 67 He did not …
A History of the County of Northampton
… produce a second, and that he had not 'decayed' a single house. 6 Daniel Ward of Little Houghton (q.v.), who bought … Moreover, in 1413 Drew Barantyn, citizen and goldsmith of London, and Margaret his wife made a fine of the manor with …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… Kimble village, and at Marsh a large moat remains, but the house or buildings which it once surrounded have disappeared. … structure now used as a barn, but possibly once the church house. It is covered externally with weather boarding, but … them. In 1538 he sold it to Michael Dormer, Alderman of London, 90 who died seised in 1545. 91 Geoffrey Dormer sold …
A History of the County of York North Riding
… and now of Major William Henry Fife, J.P.), a red brick house which stands in a park of 125 acres. The church lies …
A History of the County of Worcester
… at Newland, 14 where it is still preserved. 15 The church-house of Malvern is mentioned in 1607. 16 A short distance … other is a modern bell cast in 1864 by G. Mears & Co. of London. The plate is all modern and consists of a jewelled … lost sight of. In 1868 James Hayes, by his will proved at London 1 April, bequeathed 102 19 s. 6 d. consols, the annual …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… by the church in the Causeway, is a compact well-built house erected in 1863 from the designs of the late Mr. G. E. … Manor to Miles Hobart, citizen and clothworker of London, 202 at whose death four years later it descended to … by the Bishop of Lincoln to appear before the Bishop of London, ill-treated the messenger, Simon Ward, by throwing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and 300 ft. contour lines, but it rises to 335 ft. on the London road and drops to 177 ft. at Great and Little Milton … Common a belt of Plateau Gravel. 6 The main Oxford to London road, the 'street' of a charter of 956 7 and … to the 'Red Lion', which ceased to function as a public house in 1959, and to the old Vicarage at the bottom of the …
A History of the County of Buckingham
… the Metropolitan Extension Railway and the main road from London to Wendover running parallel to it a little to the … Netherbury presumably remained in the possession of that house until its dissolution, and afterwards in the hands of … Jane Walker, 1635, some time the wife of Daniel Bonde of London and later of Sir John Boys of Canterbury. The tower …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… consists of about thirty houses, one of which is a good house, formerly both owned and inhabited by Samuel Shepherd, … of this manor. A court baron is held for it, in a public-house near Sholdon bank, known by the name of the Red Lion, the manor-house, being a mean cottage; the demesne lands have been sold …
A History of the County of Hertford
… due west of the village. In 1606 it is described as a house consisting of eleven bays built of timber and covered … and three other roomes adioyning.' There was also a dove-house within the moat and a bridge with a gate of timber and … fifty cottagers. In 1902 Anne Dawson, by will proved at London 14 June, left 160 15 s. consols, the annual dividends, …