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A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 12, Wootton Hundred (South) Including Woodstock. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1990.

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Note on abbreviations

10th,12th Rep. Com. Char. Reports of the Commissioners for Charities. 10th Rep. H.C. 103 (1824), xiii; 12th Rep. H.C. 348 (1825), x

A.-S. Anglo-Saxon

Abbrev. Plac. (Rec. Com.) Placitorum Abbreviatio (Record Commission, 1811)

Abbrev. Rot. Orig. (Rec. Com.) Rotulorum Originalium Abbreviatio, temp. Hen. III, Edw. I (Record Commission, 1805)

Acts of P.C. Acts of the Privy Council of England (H.M.S.O. 1890-1964)

Acts of P.C. (Rec. Com.) Proceedings and Ordinances of the Privy Council of England, 1386-1542 (Record Commission, 1834-7)

Alum. Oxon. 1500-1714; 1715-1886 Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714; 1715-1886, ed. J. Foster (Oxford, 1888-92)

Arch. Archaeology, Archaeological

B.L. British Library

B.N.C. Mun. Muniments of Brasenose College, Oxford

Ballard, Chron. Woodstock A. Ballard, Chronicles of the Royal Borough of Woodstock (Oxford, 1896)

Besse, Sufferings J. Besse, A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, from 1650 to 1689 (1753)

Bk. of Fees The Book of Fees (H.M.S.O. 1920-31)

Blenheim Mun. Muniments of the duke of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxon.

Blk. Prince's Reg. Register of Edward the Black Prince (H.M.S.O. 1930-33)

Bodl. Bodleian Library

bp. bishop

Bp. Fell and Nonconf. Bishop Fell and Nonconformity: Visitation Documents, 1682-3, ed. Mary Clapinson (O.R.S. lii)

Bracton's Note Bk. ed. Maitland H. de Bracton, Note Book, ed. F. W. Maitland (1887)

Burke, Peerage; Ext. & Dorm. Baronetcies; Land. Gent. J. Burke and others, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage; A History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies; A Dictionary of the Landed Gentry

C.B.A. Group 9 Council for British Archaeology, Regional Group 9

C.C.C. Mun. Muniments of Corpus Christi College, Oxford

C.J. Journals of the House of Commons

Cal. Chanc. R. Var. Calendar of Chancery Rolls, Various (H.M.S.O. 1912)

Cal. Chanc. Wts. Calendar of Chancery Warrants 1244-1326 (H.M.S.O. 1927)

Cal. Chart. R. Calendar of the Charter Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1903-27)

Cal. Close Calendar of the Close Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1892-1963)

Cal. Cttee. for Compounding Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Compounding, etc. (H.M.S.O. 1889-92)

Cal. Cttee. for Money Calendar of the Proceedings of the Committee for Advance of Money, 1642-56 (H.M.S.O. 1888)

Cal. Doc. France, ed. Round Calendar of Documents preserved in France, illustrative of the History of Great Britain, ed. J. H. Round (H.M.S.O. 1899)

Cal. Fine R. Calendar of the Fine Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1911-62)

Cal. H.O. Papers Calendar of Home Office Papers of the Reign of George III (H.M.S.O. 1878)

Cal. Inq. Misc. Calendar of Inquisitions Miscellaneous (Chancery), preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1916-68)

Cal. Inq. p.m. Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1904-87)

Cal. Inq. p.m. Hen. VII Calendar of Inquisitions post mortem, Henry VII (H.M.S.O. 1898-1955)

Cal. Lib. R. Calendar of the Liberate Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1917-64)

Cal. Papal Reg. Calendar of Papal Registers: Papal Letters (H. M.S.O. and Irish MSS. Com. 1893-1986)

Cal. Pat. Calendar of the Patent Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office(H.M.S.O. 1891-1986)

Cal. S.P. Dom. Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series (H.M.S.O. 1856-1972)

Cal. Treas. Bks. & Papers Calendar of Treasury Books and Papers 1729-30, 1942-5 (H.M.S.O. 1897-1903)

Cal. Treas. Bks. 1660-7 Calendar of Treasury Books, 1660-7 (H.M.S.O. 1904)

Camd., Camden Soc. Camden Series, Camden Society

Cart. Sax. ed. Birch Cartularium Saxonicum, ed. W. de Gray Birch (1883-99)

Cart. St. Frid. The Cartulary of the Monastery of St. Frideswide at Oxford, ed. S. R. Wigram (O.H.S. xxviii, xxxi)

Cat. Anct. D. Descriptive Catalogue of Ancient Deeds in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1890-1915)

Cath. Rec. Soc. Catholic Record Society

Ch. and Chapel, 1851 Church and Chapel in Oxfordshire, 1851. The Return of the Census of Religious Worship, ed. Kate Tiller (O.R.S. lv)

Ch. Ch. Arch. Archives of Christ Church, Oxford

Chant. Cert. Chantry Certificates and Edwardian Inventories of Church Goods, ed. Rose Graham (O.R.S. i)

Char. Com. Charity Commission

Char. Don. Abstract of Returns relative to Charitable Donations for the Benefit of Poor Persons, H.C. 511 (1816), xvi

chwdn. churchwarden

Close R. Close Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1902-15)

Complete Peerage G. E. C[okayne] and others, The Complete Peerage (2nd edn. 1910-59)

Compton Census, ed. Whiteman The Compton Census of 1676, ed. A. Whiteman (Records of Social and Economic History, N.S. X)

County Mus., P.R.N. Oxfordshire County Museum, Woodstock, Oxon.: Oxfordshire Sites and Monuments Record, Primary Record Number

Crockford Crockford's Clerical Directory

ct. court

Cur. Reg. R. Curia Regis Rolls preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1922-79)

D.N.B. Dictionary of National Biography

Dep. Kpr's. Rep. Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records (1840-1958)

Deserted Villages of Oxon. K. J. Allison, M. W. Beresford, and J. G. Hurst, Deserted Villages of Oxfordshire (Leicester Univ.Dept. of English Local History, Occasional Papers, no. 17)

Dir. Directory

Docs. ed. Cole Documents illustrative of English History in the 13th and 14th centuries, ed. H. Cole (1844)

Dugdale, Mon. W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum, ed. J. Caley and others (1817-30)

E. P. N. S. English Place-Name Society

E.H.R. English Historical Review

Econ. H.R. Economic History Review

Educ. of Poor Digest Digest of Returns to the Select Committee on the Education of the Poor, H.C. 224 (1819), ix (B)

Emden, O. U. Reg. 1501-40 A. B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford A.D. 1501 to 1540 (1974)

Emden, O. U. Reg. to 1500 A. B. Emden, Biographical Register of the University of Oxford to A.D. 1500 (1957-9)

Evans, Ch. Plate J. T. Evans, Church Plate of Oxfordshire (1928)

Ex. e Rot. Fin. (Rec. Com.) Excerpta e Rotulis Finium, Hen. III (Record Commission, 1835-6)

Eynsham Cart. Cartulary of Eynsham Abbey, ed. H. E. Salter (O.H.S. xlix, li)

Feud. Aids Inquisitions and Assessments relating to Feudal Aids preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1899-1920)

G. E. C. Baronetage G. E. C[okayne], Complete Baronetage (1900-9)

Gent. Mag. Gentleman's Magazine

Geol. Surv. Geological Survey

Godstow Eng. Reg. English Register of Godstow Nunnery, ed. A. Clark (E.E.T.S. orig. ser. 129, 130, 149)

Grundy, Saxon Oxon. G. B. Grundy, Saxon Oxfordshire (O.R.S. xii)

H.C. House of Commons

H.L. House of Lords

H.M.S.O. Her (His) Majesty's Stationery Office

Harcourt Pps. The Harcourt Papers, ed. E. W. Harcourt [1876-1905]

Harl. Soc. Harleian Society

Hearth Tax Oxon. Hearth Tax Returns for Oxfordshire, 1665, ed. Maureen Weinstock (O.R.S. xxi)

Hist. MSS. Com. Historical Manuscripts Commission

Hodgson, Q.A.B. C. Hodgson, Account of the Augmentation of Small Livings by the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne (2nd edn. 1845)

Incl. Inclosure

Inq. Non. (Rec. Com.) Nonarum Inquisitiones in Curia Scaccarii (Record Commission, 1807)

Jnl. Eccl. Hut. Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Jnl. R. Agric. Soc. Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society

L. & P. Hen. VIII Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, of the Reign of Henry VIII (H.M.S.O. 1864-1932)

L.J. Journals of the House of Lords

L.R.S. Lincoln Record Society

Lamb. Pal. Libr. Lambeth Palace Library

Land Util. Surv. Reports of the Land Utilisation Survey of Britain: pt. 56, Oxfordshire, by Mary Marshall (1943)

Le Neve, Fasti J. le Neve, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae (University of London, Institute of Historical Research, 1962 and later)

Leland, Itin. ed. ToulminSmith Itinerary of John Leland, ed. L. Toulmin Smith (1907-10)

Lewis, Topog. Dict. Eng. (1848) S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of England

Lond. Gaz. London Gazette

Lunt, Val. Norm Valuation of Norwich, ed. W. E. Lunt (1926)

Magd. Coll. Mun. Muniments of Magdalen College, Oxford

Marshall, Woodstock Manor E. Marshall, The Early History of Woodstock Manor and its Environs (Oxford, 1873)

Misc. Gen. et Her. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, ed. J. J. Howard and W. B. Bannerman (1868-1938)

N. & Q. Notes and Queries

N.M.R. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England):National Monuments Record

N.R.A. National Register of Archives

O.A.H.S. Proc. Proceedings of the Oxford Society for Promoting the Study of Gothic Architecture, 1839-59; and of the Oxford Architectural and Historical Society, 1860-1900

O.A.S. Rep., Trans. Reports and Transactions of the North Oxfordshire Archaeological Society, 1853-86, and of the Oxfordshire Archaeological Society 1887-1949

O.H.S. Oxford Historical Society

O.R.C.C. Oxfordshire Rural Community Council

O.R.O. Oxfordshire County Record Office

O.R.S. Oxfordshire Record Society

O.S. Ordnance Survey

Oldfield, 'Clerus Oxf. Dioc.' Bodleian Library, MS. index by W. J. Oldfield to clergy of Oxford diocese

Orr, Oxon. Agric. J. Orr, Agriculture in Oxfordshire (1916)

Oseney Cart. Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, ed. H. E. Salter (O.H.S. lxxxix-xci, xcviii, ci)

Oxf. Jnl. Jackson's Oxford Journal

Oxf. Jnl. Synopsis 'Chronological Synopsis and Index to Oxon. Items in Jackson's Oxford Journal 1753-80', ed. E. C. Davies; '1781-90', ed. E. H. Cordeaux (Typescripts 1967, 1976: copies in Westgate Library and Bodleian Library, Oxford)

Oxon. Fines Feet of Fines for Oxfordshire, 1195-1291, ed. H. E. Salter (O.R.S. xii)

Oxon. Visit. Visitations of Oxfordshire in 1566, 1574, and 1634, ed. W. H. Turner (Harl. Soc. v)

P.N. Oxon. (E.P.N.S.) Margaret Gelling, Place-Names of Oxfordshire (English Place Name Soc. xxiii-xxiv)

P.R.O. Public Record Office

P.R.S. Pipe Roll Society

Par. Colln. Parochial Collections by Anthony Wood and Richard Rawlinson, ed. F. N. Davis (O.R.S. ii, iv, xi)

Parker, Guide Guide to the Architectural Antiquities in the Neighbourhood of Oxford [ed. J. H. Parker and W. Grey] (1846)

Pat. R. Patent Rolls of the Reign of Henry III preserved in the Public Record Office (H.M.S.O. 1900-3)

Pevsner, Oxon. Jennifer Sherwood and Nikolaus Pevsner, Buildings of England: Oxfordshire (1974)

Pipe R. Pipe Roll

Plac. de Quo Warr. (Rec. Com.) Placita de Quo Warranto (Record Commission, 1818)

Plot, Nat. Hist. Oxon. R. Plot, Natural History of Oxfordshire (2nd edn. 1705)

Poor Abstract, 1777; 1787 Reports of Select Committees on Poor Laws, 1795-7 and 1787, H.C. Series 1, vol. ix

Poor Abstract, 1804; 1818 Abstract of Answers and Returns relative to the Expense and Maintenance of the Poor, H.C. 175 (1804), i; H.C. 82 (1818), xix

Protestation Returns Oxfordshire Protestation Returns, 1641-2, ed. C. S. A. Dobson (O.R.S. xxxvi)

R.C.H.M. Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England)

R.O. Record Office

Reading Cart. Reading Abbey Cartularies, i, ed. B. R. Kemp (Camden 4th ser. xxxi)

Rec. Com. Record Commission

Red Bk. Exch. (Rolls Ser.) Red Book of the Exchequer, ed. H. Hall (Rolls Series, 1896)

Reg. Regum Anglo-Norm. Regesta Regum Anglo-Normannorum 1066-1154, ed. H. W. C. Davies and others (1913-69)

Rot. Chart. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Chartarum, 1199-1216 (Record Commission, 1837)

Rot. Cur. Reg. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Curiae Regis, 6 Richard I to 1 John (Record Commission, 1812-18)

Rot. de Ob. et Fin. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli de Oblatis et Finibus (Record Commission, 1835)

Rot. Hund. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Hundredorum temp. Hen. III & Edw. I (Record Commission, 1812-18)

Rot. Lib. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli de Liberate, regnante Johanne (Record Commission, 1844)

Rot. Litt. Claus. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Litterarum Clausarum, 1204-27 (Record Commission, 1833-44)

Rot. Litt. Pat. (Rec. Com.) Rotuli Litterarum Patentium, 1201-16 (Record Commission, 1835)

Rot. Parl. Rotuli Parliamentorum [1783]

Sanders, Eng. Baronies I. J. Sanders, English Baronies, 1086-1327 (Oxford, 1960)

Sandford Cart. The Sandford Cartulary, ed. A. M. Leys (O.R.S. xix, xxii)

Secker's Visit. Articles of Enquiry at the Primary Visitation of Dr. ThomasSecker, 1738, ed. H. A. Lloyd Jukes (O.R.S. xxxviii)

Ser. Series

Skelton, Antiq. Oxon. J. Skelton, Illustrations of the Principal Antiquities of Oxfordshire (1823)

Stapleton, Cath. Miss. B. Stapleton, Oxfordshire Post-Reformation Catholic Missions (1906)

Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. B. Stapleton, Three Oxfordshire Parishes. A History of Kidlington, Yarnton and Begbroke (O.H.S. xxiv)

Subsidy 1526 Subsidy Collected in the Diocese of Lincoln in 1526, ed. H. E. Salter (O.H.S. lxiii)

Tax. Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Taxatio Ecclesiastica Anglie et Wallie auctoritate P. Nicholai IV circa A.D. 1291 (Record Commission, 1801)

Trans. Transactions

V.C.H. Victoria County History

Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.) Valor Ecclesiasticus, temp. Hen. VIII (Record Commission, 1810-34)

vctlrs' recogs. victuallers' recognizances

Visit. Dioc. Linc. Visitations in the Diocese of Lincoln 1517-31, ed. A. Hamilton Thompson (L.R.S. xxxiii, xxxv, xxxvii)

Westgate Libr. Oxfordshire County Libraries, Central Library, Westgate Centre, Oxford

Wilb. Visit. Bishop Wilberforce's Visitation Returns, 1854, ed. E. P. Baker (O.R.S. xxxv)

Woodstock Boro. Mun. Muniments of the borough of Woodstock in the Town Hall, Woodstock

Young, Oxon. Agric. A. Young, General View of the Agriculture of Oxfordshire (1809 and 1813)