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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, … lyght and John Blake with another light fourteenth.' The tailors are left out of this list, but they would probably be … other than those occupying by retail the following goods: linen cloth, velvets, mercery, haberdashery, grocery, woollen …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… chalk down-land. Roman roads approach it from all sides, and the Itchen while navigable brought it into touch with … completely lined with it. There are also some lengths of linen fold panelling of an earlier date. The front is of … crucibles were found, giving colour to the belief that the armourers occupied the street. Ex inform. Alderman W. H. …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… William of Wykeham in 1387 on a site bought of the Prior and convent of St. Swithun, outside the jurisdiction of the mayor and corporation and within the bishop's own jurisdiction of … the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England.' The altar linen in use in the chantry was also given by Dr. Edwin …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… owed its first beginnings to its important geographical and political status 3 rather than to any deliberate trade … before or only after the Conquest it was only a part, and at first not necessarily a vital part of the borough … granting to the citizens of Winchester all the liberties and customs which they had enjoyed during the time of Henry …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by Henry of Blois, and consisted of a church with hospital buildings on the … gules. The church of St. Cross consists of a quire, north and south chapels, north and south transepts, central tower, … are two 16th-century canopied benches, with desks and linen-pattern panelling. There are several remains of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… the Earl; 'then it was taxed for 5 hides, now for 4 hides, and the castle of Windsor is on the (other) half hide.' 1 The castle was thus a new work, and there are no grounds for assuming it to be older than the … William, the castle was no doubt raised by his orders, 3 and from the first it has been the special stronghold of the …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… The romantic legends told by Froissart of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table at Windsor lack the … early history of Windsor which were current in the 14th and 15th centuries. 1 During the Saxon period, when Edward … 2 the site of the later castle formed part of Clewer and was probably forest. On the eve of the Norman Conquest …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is nearly in the centre of the peninsula of Holderness, and consists of about 2000 acres. Two-thirds are arable, and one-third under grass, among the latter of which are … above 200 acres of wood; the surface is undulated, and the soil a strong fertile clay. The living is a rectory, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wing 223. WING … village; the walls are of limestone rubble, with dressings and detail of stone and clunch. The roofs are covered with lead. The polygonal …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… Ancient and historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Wingrave 224. … xxix. N.W.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, stands in the middle of the village and is … and vaulting, two angels with haloes holding a strip of linen continued over their shoulders with fringed ends; above …