The manor was a part of the dowry of Henry the VIII.
Lord La Warr promised that no more mills should be erected within or about the manor of Manchester, and thus ensured to the schools the monopoly of the grinding of the corn and malt for the town.
The right of compelling their vassals to grind at the “lord’s mill,” and to pay such tolls as he might fix, was a valuable privilege to the lord of the manor of a busy and thriving place.
This manor has been the property of the Derby family ever since the accession of Henry VII.
In that building the ancient lords of Rochdale manor used to hold their court-leets.
At a later period, the manor was possessed by Richard Barton, Esq.
Middleton is found in the inquisition post-mortem of Henry de Lacy, amongst the fees belonging to the manor of Tottington, held by service of Thomas, Earl of Lancaster.
This family still owns the manor of Bury, and has considerable possessions there.
The township of Heap is in the parish and manor of Bury, of which manor the Earl of Derby is lord.
Rochdale; and in the same year, he sold the manor and estate of Rochdale to the same gentleman, by whose son and heir they are now possessed.
Henery de Bury held one half of the manor of Bury.
In 1710, Governor Hunter purchased a tract in Livingston's manor and located nearly fifteen hundred Palatines on it to produce naval stores.
In the 14th century the former manor was held by the family of Bodrugan; the latter by that of Dauney, who had inherited it from the Treverbyns.
In 1550 the citizens purchased the manor of Southwark, and with it they became possessed of the monastery of St Thomas, which was enlarged and prepared for the reception of "poor, sick and helpless objects.
At the time of the Domesday Survey East Looe was assessed under Pendrym, which was of the king's demesne and West Looe under Hamelin's manor of Trelowia.
In 1237 Henry Bodrugan received the grant of a market on Fridays and a fair at Michaelmas in his manor of Pendrym.
Hyde Park, to the west, belonged originally to the manor of Hyde, which was attached to Westminster Abbey, but was taken by Henry VIII.
The manor thus became parcel of the duchy of Lancaster and is said to have been the residence of John of Gaunt.
The old manor house inside the park was seldom occupied; no human figure was visible in the grounds; there were no paths, and all things grew untended.
Like Clissold and Ravenscourt, this is one of the old private parks of London, with a manor house in it, now used as a refreshment house.
As it is, the curlew remains apparently unconcerned until the Lord of the Manor has reduced the intermediate distance to a hundred and twenty yards, and then, with a shrill whistle, takes flight along the margin of the tide.
A jolly painting is that of “Old Charlton Church andManor House” (vide p.
St. Clement’s Church, in Colegate Street, is one of the oldest in the city, and belonged to the manor of Tokethorpe.
The old hall, the name by which the manorhouse is now known, stands at the entrance to the village.
He obtained liberty for free warren in all his demean lands, and a fair to themanor of Ling in Norfolk, on July 20th, and two days following.
The Cavalry Barracks are situated in Barrack Street on the east side of the city, on the site of an old manor house.
He was lord of the manor of Little Melton in Blomefield’s time.
The Bishop is lord of the manor and owner of a great part of the soil.
The manor is about 1300 acres, and belongs to the Dean and Chapter, but the soil is let to a number of lessees, many of whom have handsome houses in the Newmarket Road, one of the finest approaches to the city.
Maud was shortly afterwards united to Geoffery de Whalley, unto whom her father granted the Villa de Tunley or Townley, and the manor of Coldcoats, with Snodworth, as a marriage portion.
They strid twenty paces at a jump, with burdens that two of the best oxen about the manor had not shifted the length of my thumbnail.
Beware lest the endowment be wrested from thy grasp, the glebe and manorpass away from thine inheritance.
For his great and eminent services on this occasion Sir John had granted to him, by patent for life, the manor and lands of Black Castle in that country.
The extensive manor and living of Ormskirk formerly belonged to this priory.
The manor is now the property of Charles Walmsley, Esq.
Holt of Grislehurst held the manorial rights, and was feudal lord over a widely-extended domain, the manor of Spotland descending to him by succession from his grandfather.
Claiming a relationship to the lord, he was in some measure privileged above his friend De Spotland, yet was the latter a personage of considerable power and influence at the manor court.
The position must have been a most perfect one for this ancient manor house, for standing a little higher than the level ings and carrs of the marshy land, it was protected from the cold northern winds by the higher ground above.
The steward contributes a quarter of mutton, and the Lord of the Manor a couple of hares for soup.
The name of a Captain Salmond of the now extinct parish or manor of Salterford is connected with this transaction.
As they neared the ivied gables of the west wing of the Manor the cloud drifted from the moon, and her white flood turned the obscurity into a radiance wherein every object stood forth as clear as at noon.
Near the northern frontier of the remotest part of this ancient region, the Manor of Kerival was the light-house of its forest vicinage.
No fear of Korrigan or Nain, or any other woodland creature or haunter of pool or stream, disturbed two who walked in the green-gloom of a deep avenue in the midst of the forest beyond the Manor of Kerival.
In the great hall of the Manor he found white-haired Matieu asleep in his wicker chair.
On that day itself he had left the Manor of Kerival.
The royal manor of Woodstock was granted him, and Blenheim Mansion erected at the cost of the nation.
Henry, the chancellor's youngest brother, had the manor of Great Gransden, in Huntingdonshire, by a grant from Henry VIII.
Farther away, also tree-embowered, rose the turrets and gables of the great house, manor and hall.
There was therefore no lack of company nor of conversation round the parlour fire at the Manor Farm.
On the last day of 1868 my brother Gilly and I went with our Aunt Georgiana to stay with this charming old couple at King-Sutton Manor House near Banbury.
Queen Victoria stayed at my father's for two nights in order to open Aston Hall and Park, an old Manor House and property, which had belonged to the Bracebridge family and had been secured for the recreation of the people of Birmingham.
The manor was originally in the possession of Westminster Abbey, but its history is fragmentary until Tudor times.
The medieval history of Chelmsford centred round the manor of Bishop's Hall.
In 1204 John gave the manor to William Bruere and granted to the town all the privileges of a free borough which were enjoyed by Nottingham and Derby; but before this it seems to have had prescriptive borough rights.
He says that "Greisbrook, whence the family had their name, is a manor in Yorkshire, which, in the reign of Henry III.
Can you or any of your correspondents give me any information as to what part of Yorkshire themanor of Gresebrok lies in?
I will take Hyde Manorat its highest price; I will add to it fifty thousand pounds indemnity for the loss of the succession.
With every decent show of pleasure and gratitude, he said, "It is an unexpected piece of good fortune, Katherine, and the interest of five thousand pounds will keep Hyde Manor up in a fine style.
The income from Hyde Manor had never been more than was required for the expenses of the place; and the interest on Katherine's money had gone, though he could not tell how.
His visits were times of holiday, when discipline was relaxed, and the methodical economy of life at the manor house changed into festival.
The Manor House was neither handsome nor picturesque, though its dark-red bricks made telling contrasts among the ivy and the few large trees surrounding it.
Now, for many reasons, the advent of a London pedler was a great and pleasant event at the Manor House.
She made her familiar with all her household plans and wifely cares; as room by room in the old manor was finished, she described it.
And though to many minds Hyde Manor might seem neither fair nor sweet, Katherine really liked it.
It will be delightful, in the midst of trees and parks, to build a grander Hyde Manor House.
In Hyde Manor House, there was that stir of preparation which indicates a departure.
Roselle Manor and the ville of St. Martin’s lie on the high ground.
In the old manor house, the home of the Carterets, are still preserved the goblet, table, and gloves, presented by Charles II.
The lord of this manor presents two drakes before the sovereign who may be dining in Jersey.
I shall be able to make a complete clearing of that corner of the manor some day!
But when he reached the Manor House his daughter met him with news of her own which for the moment kept his news in abeyance.
It was a comfort to him as he remembered that Snickham Manor had been bought no longer ago than by the father of the present owner.
They were going to call at the manor on Lady Eden, and to wind up with a visit to Mr. Laurence Fairfax in the Minster Court.
Harry gazed rather mournfully at the ivied walls during one of their sudden silences, and then he told Bessie that the proprietor was ill, and the manorwould have a new owner by and by.
Bessie had to seek Mrs. Laurence Fairfax at the Manor House, where Lady Eden was celebrating the birthday of her eldest son.
The farm-house had been the manor once, and was fast falling to pieces.
But the prettiest bit of all was the verdant natural slope, below which ran the brook that gave the village and the manor their names.
