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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 listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the grammar school, were transferred to the corporation in 1599 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … of London, to be divided equally between the grammar school, a sermon, and doles of 6 d. to the poor who attended …
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, … of whom several were also headmaster of the grammar school. 15 One early 19th-century rector complained that the …
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 … mentioned in the early 17th century, and the grammar school of 1585, housed from c. 1600 in a room attached to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … Webley had a glove factory in the former industrial school behind his house, no. 24 Park Street; in 1967 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Education Woodstock had an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th … master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property … to the trustees in 1598 in final settlement of Cornwell's gift. 91 A sum of £50 given earlier by the Dolmans directly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … local wool trade, and in 1585 the town acquired a grammar school. 72 The extent of building activity in the late 16th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … was closely involved in the establishment of the grammar school, and in 1599 obtained a licence to hold in mortmain …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Oxford Baptist, held a meeting in Thomas Boulton's house opposite the Marlborough Arms in Oxford Street, … a stable in High Street. 61 The Baptists opened a Sunday school, and in 1831 there was a thriving Independent Sunday … were maintained chiefly by student pastors from Regent's Park College, Oxford. The church comprised 21 members in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was a resident priest. From 1934 until 1945 there was a school next to the church. 54 In 1955 the priest moved to … Cath. Miss. 6. Ibid. 67; Salter, 'Oxon. Recusants', O.A.S. Rep. (1924), 42; Bp. Fell and Nonconf. 66; Secker's Visit. 19; O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. d 581, f. 151. The …