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Alumni Oxonienses
… of Sussex, so created 3 Aug., 1717 (son of Henry, 1680), lord of the bedchamber 1722, F.R.S. 1722, deputy earl marshal …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was apparently Yapton manor in 1086, 6 and a wood of the lord of Bilsham, much of it oak, was mentioned in the 16th … manor, since all like Yapton itself were later held of the lord of River in Tillington as mesne lord. 3 Undertenants of … manor house. After c. 1835 it was heightened and converted into two cottages, later becoming one house which was …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard or VIRGA (the Latin … yare'] Fibres of WOOL, LINEN, COTTON and the like spun into a continuous filament and prepared for weaving, knitting … the wool and yarn in the house'. The made up yarn was then sent out to the weaver, indicated by phrases like 'at …
A History of the County of Somerset
… to have been divided and by 1780 it had been converted into a farm, known as Park Hill or New Park. 75 The inclosure … 100 a., extending as far as the parish boundary where the lord claimed a deer leap in the 18th century. 78 It was known … in a lease of an adjoining cottage in 1714, the lord reserved the right to stand outside the park pale to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but by 1579 the advowson had been bought by John Durant, lord of the manor, 51 and it descended with the manor … In 1644 Richard Brainthwaite, grandfather of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University … much of the 16th century. Rain, first said to be leaking into the church in 1520, 96 was still doing so in 1581 when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… they present a remarkable survival of immemorial custom into modern times. Oxey, or Oxhurst, mead (66 a.) and West … 4 to Begbroke. 32 The meadows were divided on the ground into 'shots', 5 in West mead, 3 in Oxey mead, and 2 in Pixey … paid rent of 4 s. each and provided services at the lord's will; 7 half-yardlanders paid 2 s. 6 d. each with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… suggests prolonged occupation which may have persisted into the 13th or 14th century. 78 The evidence is … field 97 which allegedly showed signs of a division into 13 plots representing the 13 cottages regarded in the … during a period of skirmishing north of Oxford, Ralph, Lord Hopton, a royalist commander, had quarters in Yarnton. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tenants were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in … instead on the yardland, 21 an anachronism that persisted into the 19th century; church, poor, surveyors', and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… formerly held freely by Maino. Odo, bishop of Bayeux, was lord of the other half hide; it, too, was held by Roger …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… conferred the lands, which at the same time he erected into a free royalty. On the attainder of the Douglas family … Society, established under the patronage of the late Lord Napier, and which holds a triennial meeting in this … barley, and oats, of which a considerable portion is sent to distant markets: good crops of turnips are also …