Under the feudal system the King owned all land and others could only hold it as the King's tenants. Transfers between tenants were known as 'alienations' and this required a licence from the King. Robert Dudley set up an office to manage this system, and to collect the fees and fines. Its role changed and shrunk over the years and by 1835 the system of land conveyancing meant that the Alienation Office could be abolished.
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Alienation Office
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Alienation Office
"Act 5 and 6 Will. IV.Cap.82" refers to a legal instrument created during the...
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George Canning
Prime Minister 1827-1827 (only 119 days, the shortest PM tenure). Born Marylebone. 21 September 1809, Putney Heath, fought a duel with Lord Castlereagh, Secretary of State for War, over the deploym...
2 memorials
1 memorial
Councillor, Mrs M. Simmonds
Councillor and Vice-Chairman of the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.
1 memorial
HMS Pembroke V
Code name of a Ministry of Defence site in Eastcote, West London. Also known as RAF Eastcote, RAF Lime Grove and Outstation Eastcote. In WW2 the government constructed a military hospital here in p...
1 memorial
Sir William Reid
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Science, Caribbean Islands, Malta, Scotland
1 memorial
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
6 Burlington Gardens - Goethe
W1, Burlington Gardens, 6
There are 22 statues on the façade of this building. Each is labelled with his (always 'his') surname. There are 12 at the top up against...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
William Borough
Explorer and naval administrator. Born Devon, the younger brother of Stephen.
1 memorial
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Composer With W. S. Gilbert wrote the Savoy Operas, including The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance. Sullivan also wrote Onward Christian Soldiers and The Lost Chord, which was the first phonogr...
1 memorial
Rupert Price Hallowes, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25-30 September 1915, aged 34, while serving in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own, (Middlesex Regiment). "Displayed the greatest bravery and untiring energy, setting a m...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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