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A History of the County of Oxford
… century. 26 In 1649, when Witney manor was sold by the Parliamentary commissioners, it was said to include three …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to the Wenman family tomb. 307 The following year the Parliamentary general Sir William Waller quartered in Witney … Hurd. 469 Conservatives were consistently returned in parliamentary elections as earlier, though that did not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… increasingly through the parish vestry. Its status as a parliamentary borough was short-lived, 5 and despite its … town council after 1974 and remained in use in 2003. 353 Parliamentary Representation Witney borough was represented … was a co-lessee of Farm and Witney Mills. 357 The modern parliamentary constituency of Witney, created in 1983, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… estates, he paid rent arrears for the manor to a local Parliamentary Committee. 10 In 1649, however, the Parliamentary Trustees sold the manor to William Basill and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as presumably did the dean of Winchester in 15556. 17 The Parliamentary Speaker William Lenthall, briefly lord of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and other tradesmen; inhabitants accused of aiding Parliamentary prisoners in Witney in the 1640s seem to have … War, despite the presence of Puritan lecturers and of some Parliamentary sympathisers, Witney appears to have been …