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A History of the County of Oxford
… rebuilt a well in Oxford Street in 1631. 86 The town's archery butts were set up in Butt Close on the Back Green in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pastimes recorded in the 16th and 17th centuries included archery, cockfighting, and bowls; archery, because of its military significance, was supported …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and duties of officers; most confirmed long established practice, but the grant of powers to raise taxes for … of numerous adherents, usually non-resident gentry, the practice reaching peaks during the Exclusion crisis and in … declared all inhabitants to be free burgesses, 56 but in practice the commonalty of the borough's corporate title was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… water by which it is intersected. It is made available for practice in the construction of pontoons, for transporting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… to have been the first person who tried with success the practice of vaccination, which he performed on his own …
A History of the County of York
… choir in cathedrals after the canonical hours, and this practice is mentioned at York in the statutes of 1294. 70 In … suspended the sub-chanter because he refused to attend the practice of anthems and until the 19th century every vicar on … Elizabeth I's reign. Archbishop Dolben in 1685 ordered the practice to be resumed. 45 It seems that before 1617, when …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 94 In the 17th century Worthing shared in the coastal practice of plundering wrecked ships, and smuggling continued …