• The honour of Pontefract, also known as the feudal barony of Pontefract, was an English feudal barony. Its origins lie in the grant of a large, compact...
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    Pontefract is a historic market town in the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the east of Wakefield and...
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    Lacy paid King Richard I 3,000 marks for the Honour of Pontefract, but the King retained possession of the castle. His successor King John gave de Lacy...
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    land in West Yorkshire, where he built Pontefract Castle. The Honour of Pontefract, which included the manor of Stanbury, was maintained by Ilbert's direct...
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     103–151 Honour of Carisbrooke Feudal barony of Gloucester Honour of Saint Valery Honour of Pontefract Honour of Aumâle Honour of Clitheroe Honour of Grafton...
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  • and as Lord of the Honour of Pontefract he possessed Pontefract Castle. Edmund was the son and heir of John de Lacy, jure uxoris Earl of Lincoln (c. 1192–1240)...
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  • Richard de Pontefract (fl. 1320), English Dominican friar Pontefract de Lacys' family tree Dan Pontefract, Canadian businessperson and writer Honour of Pontefract...
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  • tree of the de Lacys of Pontefract who were the holders of both Pontefract Castle and the Honour of Pontefract from 1067 to 1348. * The holders of the...
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  • known as "The Black Monk of Pontefract", said to have occurred in the home of Joe and Jean Pritchard at 30 East Drive, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. According...
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    Mansfield-et-Pontefract is a municipality in the Pontiac Regional County Municipality of western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Ottawa River, northwest of Gatineau...
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    Elland (category Geography of Calderdale)
    thegns. The Manor of Elland, with Greetland and Southowram, formed an exclave of the Honour of Pontefract in the surrounding Manor of Wakefield. In 1350...
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  • (link) Rose, S. (2011). "A Twelfth Century Honour in a Fifteenth Century World: The honour of Pontefract". In L. Clark (ed.). The Fifteenth Century:...
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  • part of the Honour of Pontefract, which was held by the de Laci family. They established a small castle on the hill. It is mentioned in a charter of King...
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    (1170–1211), Baron of Pontefract, Lord of Bowland, Lord of Blackburnshire, Baron of Halton, Constable of Chester, Sheriff of Yorkshire and Sheriff of Cumberland...
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    Bradford (redirect from History of Bradford)
    Honour of Pontefract given to Ilbert de Lacy for service to the Conqueror, in whose family the manor remained until 1311. There is evidence of a castle...
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    Skegness (redirect from History of Skegness)
    Ingoldmells property then descended with the Honour of Pontefract through the de Lacy family until Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln entailed them to his daughter...
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    complete list of acts of the Parliament of Great Britain for the year 1776. For acts passed until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and...
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    West Bretton (category Geography of the City of Wakefield)
    Bretton was granted to the de Lacys, lords of the Honour of Pontefract by William I and a small part to the Manor of Wakefield. After the devastation, growth...
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    Thomas Bryan (VC) (category British Army personnel of World War I)
    Calls grow to honour hero, Pontefract and Castleford Express, 6 May 2012, retrieved 11 November 2013 Calls grow to honour hero, Pontefract and Castleford...
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    parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland). For acts passed up until 1707, see the list of acts of the Parliament of England and the list of acts of the Parliament...
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    Thomas Neville (died 1460) (category People of the Wars of the Roses)
    families. Six years later, he was appointed joint steward of the Lancastrian Honour of Pontefract with his father and John. His first independent mention...
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  • also known as Pontefract Friary, was a Dominican friary in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. It was located near today's Pontefract General Infirmary...
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    became part of the Honour of Pontefract, in which it remained until Alice de Lacy died in 1348. By 1356 the manor was attached to the barony of Clifford...
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    Cassington became part of the honour of Pontefract and passed to de Lacy's descendants, the Earls of Lincoln. When Henry de Lacy, 3rd Earl of Lincoln died in...
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  • Wakefield, and the wider district, and so includes people from Normanton, Pontefract, Featherstone, Castleford and Knottingley and other areas. This list is...
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  • but the objects of such endowments were not always fully honoured by those controlling the schools. Carlisle compiled his list by means of a questionnaire...
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    Richard Grey, who had both been escorting him, were arrested and sent to Pontefract Castle. Elizabeth Woodville fled with her younger son Richard and her...
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    2nd Baron of Pontefract, while confirming his possession of Bowland. These lands formed the basis of what became known as the Honour of Clitheroe. In...
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    Rob Burrow (category Rugby league players from Pontefract)
    family only, at Pontefract Crematorium, Wakefield. Burrow was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire on 26 September 1982. He was the son of Irene (née Bateman)...
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    current total of 15 series. The series features Portillo travelling around the railway networks of Great Britain, Ireland, and the Isle of Man, referring...
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