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The Crown, Royal lordship or custody of the earldom of Chester
Dates: thirteenth century
The English Crown assumed control of the earldom of Chester after the death of John Scot, the last Norman earl.
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Dates: English Crown in the reign of Henry VIII
The Crown received former monastic possessions during the Dissolution of the Monasteries and redistributed many such estates through grants and endowments.
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Dates: 1570-1649
The English Crown held Ainstable after its forfeiture from Leonard Dacre in 1570 and before the post-Civil-War restoration of the Dacre inheritance.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown ownership following monastic dissolution
Dates: 1539–1540 in this record
The Crown acquired the estates of St Mary's Abbey after the abbey's dissolution and disposed of the Manor of Armin in 1540.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown owner or custodian of former monastic lands
Dates: Sixteenth century
Following the Dissolution and attainder of Jervaulx Abbey, the former abbey lands were taken into Crown ownership or custody before subsequent grants and sales.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal owner or custodian following forfeiture
Dates: Period after the unnamed Duke of Norfolk's attainder and before 1561
The English Crown temporarily held or administered Alby Manor after its seizure following the attainder of a Duke of Norfolk.
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Dates: 1544-1548 in this context
The Crown acquired former monastic and other forfeited interests during and after the Dissolution of the Monasteries.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown owner or grantee after the dissolution of Battle Abbey
Dates: 1538-1539 in relation to the Dissolution transfer
The Crown received the lands of dissolved religious houses during the English Reformation and regranted many former monastic estates. In the case of Alciston, the Crown is explicitly…
View historical person →The Crown, Crown owner of former monastic property
Dates: 1539-1561 in relation to the documented post-Dissolution holding
The Crown acquired the former Dunster Priory estates at the Dissolution and gradually sold them.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal lordship
Dates: Medieval period
The local historical account states that the manor remained in Crown hands until the twelfth century.
View historical person →The Crown, English Crown, lord of the manor of Aldborough
Dates: Medieval period to 1628
The Crown was the royal lord of Aldborough, a manor of ancient demesne, until the Crown's disposal of the manor in 1628.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown ownership following monastic dissolution
Dates: 1539-1540 in this descent
The Crown took possession of the lands of dissolved religious houses and subsequently granted or sold them to lay purchasers.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown of England
Dates: institutional holder
The Crown took the forfeited Dalton interests after the post-1715 inquiry and disposed of the four-fifths share by sale to Richard Leigh in 1716.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal holder or custodian
Dates: Recorded in King's hands in 1405
The Crown is recorded as holding or controlling Aldeburgh Manor in 1405 before its later grant to Butley Priory.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal owner
Dates: 1539-1553 in this descent
The Crown held the estate after the dissolution of the Savoy Hospital and before its Edward VI endowment grant.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal owner or custodian, Honour of Grafton annexation
Dates: 1539-1542 in the reported Alderton sequence
The Crown acquired or held Alderton before its annexation to the Honour of Grafton in 1542.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal owner or custodian following forfeiture
Dates: 1495 onward during the Tudor period
The Crown took Aldford after the forfeiture of Sir William Stanley's estate in 1495. The later date of regrant or sale is not securely identified in the available…
View historical person →The Crown, Royal owner and grantor of the reversion
Dates: 1536 onward in the Tudor period
The Crown took Aldford after William Brereton's attainder and managed the estate through grants, demises, leases, and the later grant of the reversion.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown estate holder
Dates: 36 Henry VIII (1544-1545)
The Crown resumed Aldons Manor after the dissolution of the College of Wye in the 36th year of Henry VIII.
View historical person →The Crown, Royal ownership
Dates: 1513 onward for the Crown phase identified by Copinger
Aldringham Manor reverted to the Crown after Edmund de la Pole's attainder and execution in 1513.
View historical person →The Crown, Crown of England
Dates: Institutional holder in 1558-1559
The Crown temporarily held Aldwick after Cardinal Pole's death and before the 1559 grant to Sir Richard Sakevyle.
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