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A History of the County of Oxford
… successors as steward, Thomas Peniston and from 1573 Sir Henry Lee (d. 1611), continued to control the seat; both were … M.P. from 1584, was married to Lee's niece, and Sir Henry Unton and Sir Francis Stonor, M.P.s in 1584 and 1586, … and later became M.P. for Brackley (Northants.). 99 Sir Henry Lee became the borough's high steward before 1580 1 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… f. 195-6; above, Combe, Nonconf. O.R.O., Cal. Q. Sess. VIII. 807; Secker's Visit. 18. J. H. Hinton, Life of James … Chs. 11; Baptist Mag. 1827, 234; O.R.O., Cal. Q. Sess. VIII. 812. Boro. Mun. file 21; O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. c 644, … ½,500, Oxon. XXVI. 8 (1876 and later edns.). O.R.O., D.V. VIII/275; I/16; County Mus., P.R.N. 4719-20; above, Intro. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… gained by Percy, Earl of Northumberland, in the reign of Henry IV., over a Scottish army of 10,000 men, under the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… completion of roofs at that time, and a grant of timber by Henry III in 1238 was specifically for the church ( Cal. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… No dole was made after 1546 when John Conway, steward of Henry, Earl of Worcester, obtained a lease of two-thirds of … action by the parishioners to recover the gift in 1559. 18 Henry Newland, Abbot of Tintern, gave the church house with a …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Abbey the advowson and rectory were granted in 1537 to Henry, Earl of Worcester, 97 who held them at his death in 1549. 98 Henry, Lord Herbert, held the tithes of Woolaston in 1651, 99 … which had descended with the manor, was sold in 1872 by Henry, Duke of Beaufort, to S. S. Marling. 5 Sir Percival …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… to the estate in 1872, 50 but by 1905 Sir William Henry Marling had sold them all. 51 Throughout the 19th … named with Wall Weir in the grant of the abbey's lands to Henry, Earl of Worcester, in 1537. 18 The fisheries of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… foundation of the abbey in 1131. 77 The ferryman in 1282, Henry le Passur, was said to carry poachers out of the Forest …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… after which they were held by the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. … into the king's hands in 1536, and was granted in 1537 to Henry Somerset, Earl of Worcester, together with other … (d. before 1551). 13 In 1549 the manor descended to Henry Somerset's son William 14 (d. 1589) who held it in …
A History of the County of Somerset
… family. Maud de Chandos gave it to her youngest son Henry de Columbers but after his death before 1215 without … issue it was held by Crown grantees during the minority of Henry's nephew and male heir Philip de Columbers. 13 … no. 47; Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII, i, p. 247. Cal. Inq. p.m. viii, pp. 268, 272; xvi, pp. 73, 433; xviii, p. 155; xix, p. …