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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Fees FEES In 1221 the tenants by military service were as follows: William de Longchamp held 80 acres as 1 fee, with a messuage in the New Market belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a … was settled after Agnes's death, sold his interest to Mark Steward and Thomas Wyseman. They resold it for 200 marks to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the … of the hall mentioned seven years later. 24 In 1506 the steward and server was to entertain 'all the pore people then …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the nodal point for the whole marshland area comprised by …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at … Crackenthorpe in Beetham was an early feoffment by one of the lords of Beetham in the twelfth century. Henry de Bethum … the Leyburns of Skelsmergh. John Layburne was bailiff and steward, 162838; and apparently lessee by rentals of 163841. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by … twenty) appointed for life. The honorific office of High Steward was held usually by lessees of Witney manor. Ordinary …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: the industrial revolution in Witney c.1800-1900 THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN WITNEY, c. 18001900 During the … absorbed Westell and Son before 1920. Westell served as steward of Witney manor and as solicitor for the vestry, his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of … 1750s rebuilt the former manor house, served as manorial steward for the duke of Marlborough and as clerk to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured … toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited … and manorial rights were exercised by his bailiff or steward through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was conterminous with the later manor and parish, … to the local solicitor James Gray (d. 1791), then deputy steward of the manor court, who seems to have largely rebuilt …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 miles … is vested in an alderman, seven capital burgesses, a high steward, recorder, and town-clerk; the alderman, high …