Sentence examples for manor granted from inspiring English sources

Robert of Lathom, who inherited the manor, granted the parish of Flixton to the newly created Burscough Priory, located near Ormskirk, in 1190.

The Borough of Leeds was created in 1207, when Maurice Paynel, Lord of the Manor, granted a charter to the inhabitants of the town of Leeds.

Astley first appears in written form as Asteleghe in 1210, when its lord of the manor granted land to the religious order of Premonstratensian canons at Cockersand Abbey.

In 1331, the manor was granted to Sir Thomas Surtees by Bishop Lewis Beaumont, who passed it to his son Alexander and whose own son, Thomas, inherited the estate in 1400 when he was only 20 weeks old.

It took about five years for the village of Briarcliff Manor to grant the necessary zoning changes; approval of the site plan took a few more years, Mr. Phillips said.

In about 1144, Philip Beaumais, lord of the Manor of Ashby, granted the church, its lands and revenues to the Augustinian community of Lilleshall Abbey, which retained possession until 1538.

William the Conqueror granted the manor to Roger de Montgomery, earl of Shrewsbury, whose son built a castle on the rock in 1101; only the tower remains.

Earl Thomas granted the manor to his steward, Robert de Holland, in February 1308.

On 23 June 1311 a substantial part of the Manor of Hulton was granted to the Worsleys.

However, Sir Thomas Bourchier was subsequently granted the manor of Swakeleys and Covelhall (Cowley).

Early records show that the Manor of Navenby was granted to the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln in 1292.