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Office-Holders in Modern Britain
… 1660_1800 Clerks 1660-1800 Before 1694 little is known of the Clerks of the Admiralty. Their appointment, tenure and remuneration were matters within the discretion of successive Secretaries. For Pepys' two periods of office …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Clether (St.) CLETHER (ST.), a parish, in the union of Camelford, hundred of Lesnewth, E. division of Cornwall, 7 miles (E.) from … given to the convent of Westminster by Tosti, probably the son of Earl Godwin, and the grant was confirmed by Edward the …
Survey of London
… Row Cleveland Row takes its name from Barbara, Duchess of Cleveland, who lived at Cleveland (formerly Berkshire) … parts of the Pulteney estate was granted to the Duchess's son in 1690 (see page 493). The remaining property on the … ; 12 Francis Negus, the reputed inventor of negus, 171719; Robert Wood, traveller and politician, 17579, 17623; John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… 17TH CENTURY Among the manuscripts belonging to the Earl of Dartmouth is a large folio volume 1 containing a detailed report on the state of Clifford's Tower and York Castle made in 1682 by Sir … Kinsale in 1678, and had died by January 1681, 6 or by his son Captain James Archer junior, 7 whether it was made on the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (All Saints) CLIFTON ( All Saints), a parish, in the union of Biggleswade, hundred of Clifton, county of Bedford, 1 mile (E. by N.) from … principal manor here was given by William the Conqueror to Robert de Todeni, one of the companions of his expedition, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… in. XI, N.W.) Clifton Maybank is a small parish 4 m. S.W. of Sherborne. Clifton House is the principal monument. The … in 1824. Secular (1) Clifton House, on the N. side of the parish, is of three storeys with attics; the walls are … the early 17th-century lodge was removed in 1800 to Hinton St. George. The house was re-conditioned in 19067 when …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… a(1). British Pit Village, about 450 yards N.E. of the church. Several pit dwellings have recently been discovered on the site during quarrying operations N. of the railway; fragments of bone and pottery also have been … to . . . . . Dennis, (?) 1637, incomplete; (6) to Peter, son of Samuel Pepys, M.A., Fellow of Emanuel College, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Climping CLIMPING CLIMPING c. 1875 The parish of Climping, which includes the former parishes of Cudlow and … sister and heir Margaret Dench was succeeded by her son Ambrose, whose son and namesake conveyed the farm in 1686 … Gatesden, Godehude, wife of Ralph St. Owen, Alice, wife of Robert Haket, and Mary, wife of William Covert. 85 An …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Clinch - Cloford Clinch CLINCH, a tything, in the parish of Milton-Lilbourne, union of Pewsey, hundred of … to Aldborough. A free school was founded by Rear-Admiral Robert Long in 1760, which received at the same time, and … with about 20 per annum, principally from a bequest by Robert Hall, D.D., in 1667. Clist-Sackville (St. Gabriel) …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… three bord. having three car. and an half, and one mill of 3s. wood, by places pasturable one leu. long, and one … after became the kings demesne, for in 5 Steph. Jordan, son of (or Fitz) Alan, who ought Cs. of the farm of the past … again before 5 H. 3. 8 The king, 31 H: 3, committed to Robert le Vavassur sheriff of Nottingham, the manors of …