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Manorial Records at Harvard

Harvard university are digitising some of their manorial records collection that they acquired from a London bookseller in the 1800's, they include Hapsley and Newbourne amongst others.  They are supposed to be making them free to view online.  
alyson
May 11, 2015
Anglo SaxonWill

0975 Will of Æthelflæd

Full text  - Anglo-Saxons aethelflaed will.   A.D. 962 x 991, probably after 975. Will of Æthelflæd, including bequest of land at Lambourn, Cholsey and Reading, Berks., to the king; at Damerham, Hants., to Glastonbury; at Hamme to Christ Church, Canterbury; at Woodham, Essex, to Ealdorman Brihtnoth and her sister for life, with reversion to St Mary's, Barking; at Hadham, Herts.,…
alyson
May 4, 2015
Lord of ManorReference

Coppingers Manors of Suffolk – Waldringfield

The whole book is available online here. Also as a Word document Coppingers Manors - Waldringfield - also Coppingers Manors - Hemley and Coppingers Manors - Newbourn. Our text - page  113 WALDRINGFIELD There was one manor here in Saxon times.   It belonged to Ranalf, brother of Ilger, and consisted of 1 carucate of land, a border, 2 ploughteams, reduced to…
alyson
May 4, 2015
Tax

1640 Ship Tax

Waldringfield Ship Tax payable (30 Mar., 1640) - £4 13s. 6d. Redgrave, Wm., minister Bowen, Jn Gosse, Wm. Gyrlinge, Jn. Rivers, Thos. Ranndoll, Ralph Roe, Wm. Knappet, Ann, wid. Scole, Jn. Brainch, Rich. Lione, Robt. Haywarde, Wm. Acton, Saml. Gosse, Wm.  
alyson
April 19, 2015
DocumentsLord of Manor

1685 Barnardiston fine.

Calendar of Treasury Books, Volume 8, 1685-1689. Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1923. Oct 8 1685: Constitution and appointment by same of William Arnold, gent., to the office of steward and stewardship of the manor of Wicks Bishop in the parish of St. Clements in Ipswich and the manor of Waldringfield, co. Suffolk, which manors have been…
alyson
April 8, 2015
Will

1658 Essington Will

Word Version. 1658 Essington Will R.C.Palmer? 6/22/20/13 C78/549 ----- ----- lyeth lyeinge in --- ---- - William Fox or his assignes valued togeather worth to be sold goo clu/aud the manor of Wilby Shalton alias Sheltonhall Thorpehall Base? Struttings alias Basse Struttinge and of each? Burgh with theire and every of theire rights members & appurtenances in the County of Suffolke…
alyson
April 8, 2015
Lord of Manor

Follow up references to Cwengifu and Wingfield

I did a search for the name cwengifu and came up with this and in the appendix starting with p105 it talks about Queen's estates in later anglo saxon England. From the table it seems to indicate that in 1086 Cwengifu held her estate as a tenant originally from Queen Æthelflæd of Damerham, wife of Edmund. This is only an…
alyson
March 20, 2015
Lord of Manor

Manor

Sorry, you have no rights to view unless you are a member. If you live in (or have a connection with) the village, please ask for access.
alyson
February 17, 2015
DocumentsLord of Manor

1658 14 Dec Wingfield v Essington – from photo of document

in Margin: Wingfeild and others agt Essington and others Whereas heretofore John Wingfeild gent and Anne Wingfield complaynantese exhibitteithere bill of Complaynt into the honorabloe Court of Chancery against Thomas Essington Esr Robt Wingfeild Barronett an Infant by Sr John Jacob his Guardian William Morgan esqre Thomas Humble and other o? Defendants.  Declaring by the same that in the yeare…
alyson
February 14, 2015
Lord of ManorPeople

Thomas Essington of Brightwell

  As text:- Between the earlier Jermys,  Hewetts and Wingfields, and the later Barnardistons, the manors of Brightwell,  Foxhall and Kesgrave were owned for just ten years  by the Essingtons, a family with Gloucestershire origins. If this was a surprising interruption to the local succession, it was an even stranger interlude in the prosperous career of Thomas Essington, who like…
alyson
February 4, 2015
Survey

1656 background setting

Have attached a background to the land survey done in 1656. 1656 and all that background This sets the background to the political situation at the time and why one may have been done. Namely Thomas Essington thomas Essington of Brightwell bought the estate from Richard Wingfield. Not sure why he sold it but may have something to do with the Civil…
alyson
February 4, 2015