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A History of the County of Oxford
… national celebration. Royal visits provided spectacle and entertainment: the corporation paid for ringers and for gifts … music on days of national thanksgiving. 21 Much corporate entertainment was restricted to leading townsmen: in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… offered to the mayor and aldermen. 47 Much corporate entertainment was reserved for councillors, and ordinary … corporate dinners and other celebrations, and the entertainment of visiting dignitaries and preachers cost a … and a subscription to the Radcliffe Infirmary. Corporate entertainment of visitors decreased but the chamberlains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Sir Thomas Spencer and in September 1680 paid for lavish entertainment when Spencer's adherents were elected honorary … 'besides the charge and hire of the freemen from London', entertainment at her own house, and 'at least 120 bucks'. 72 … of which £100 was North's fee and the rest presumably for entertainment. 95 In 1826 Lord Blandford and his cousin …
A History of the County of Somerset
… a cattle fair in 1872. 29 It is said to have continued for entertainment only in the centre of the village until the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Carlton Palace by George IV., when Prince Regent, for the entertainment of the allied sovereigns, on their visit to …