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A History of the County of Oxford
… leaving 300 foot soldiers. 81 On 2 June 1644 the king was hunting at Woodstock when he heard that Sir William Waller … a 4 mile course in Woodstock Park; the meetings included a stag hunt, coursing, foot races, and smock races for women. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The motto, Ramosa Cornua Cervi (the branching horns of the stag), is from Virgil. 37 Borough of Woodstock Gules the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (place in the woods) 3 may have applied first to a royal hunting lodge established on the edge of Wychwood forest in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1837 and 1838. Lord Blandford successfully put up a hunting friend and former Woodstock resident, Henry Peyton, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… small royal manor, 14 its proximity to the important royal hunting lodge at Woodstock presumably explains its choice as …