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A History of the County of Essex
… court. He claimed that, because of the annual payment of 4 s. to the exchequer, and references in the great roll of 1287 … clerk, who had previously served unpaid, was granted 10 10 s. a year. Two overseers were appointed each year. Each … but after 1659 rates were assessed on property values: 1 s. in the pound in 1707, rising in the late 18th century to 9 …
A History of the County of Essex
… by which Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The … cynges hcce. If the last was Chingford Hatch, the alderman's hatch must have been in the south-west corner of Woodford; … and was sold in 1924 to Bryant & May Ltd. as a country club and sports ground. 155 In 1958 it was sold to the …
A History of the County of Essex
… succession his younger brother William (1619) and William's son Richard (1645). 6 In 1824 the next presentation was … duchess of Bedford (d. 1920). 10 In 1930 the duchess's executors sold it to the diocese, for vesting in the … in 1956 and the building was adapted for use as a youth club. It appears that it was never consecrated and that the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… of the parish; remains of the agger were found near Terry's Cross in the south-west corner. 10 The chief east-west road … east led from Blackstone by way of Cuckolds Green to Terry's Cross, mentioned in 1647. 16 In 1628 it was called the … In 1724 the west part, together with the road from Terry's Cross to Blackstone and High Cross, was part of a route …
A History of the County of Sussex
… manor or at Wick and Sands manors together were worth £3 8 s. in 1318. 90 Nine copyholds of Wickensands manor were … 59 and joiner. 60 There was a woodbroker in 1679. 61 Tradesmen often resided, as later, 62 in Blackstone hamlet. … on the Brighton road in the 1930s. 64 There were a country club and a caravan park in the south-east in 1984. Dog …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were … no. 12 in the 1620s but later 17th-century lessees were tradesmen. 62 By the early 18th century the house was an inn, … had a 'great room' used for lectures, 91 presumably the club room which Thomas Alderslade, publican 1778-82, used as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … by will proved 1637 left £80, which was lent to 8 tradesmen on the same terms. 15 Captain Thomas Warburton of … in 1641 gave £100 to provide loans of £20 to 3 tradesmen and £10 to 4 others for 3 years. 16 John Taylor in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … usually called the Bladon composition, rising from 3 s. to 3 s. 4 d. a year; 39 a payment to Bladon in 1555 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and over 52 s. in 1310; 95 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park … owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … Benjamin Johnson (d. 1715) both owned malthouses. 47 Tradesmen's tokens were issued in the 1650s by the mercers …