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A History of the County of Oxford
… also sold in Market Place in 1652 and there was a 'new bench' there for corn and cheese sellers in 1713. 79 The … wool barn behind the later Woodstock Arms, 90 Penniless Bench in Market Place, mentioned in the early 17th century, … house, built in 1766, and the high cross and Penniless Bench were demolished in 1766 to make way for the new town …
A History of the County of Oxford
… guild hall and the 18th century town hall, the roofed bench around the High Cross, and the shambles or market house … standings were by then charged 1 d., except those of the butter and egg sellers beneath the town hall, which were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hall, the 'populace' shared a hogshead of ale at Penniless Bench. 22 Popular pastimes recorded in the 16th and 17th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and, given wealth or longevity, to the aldermanic bench. In 1580 it was ordered that chamberlains should be … 17th century the corporation was maintaining a roofed bench in Market Place called, perhaps in imitation of a similar structure in Oxford, Penniless Bench. 23 In 1766 the bench was demolished with the market …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… with coat-of-arms. Seating: In N. chapelplain heavy oak bench with back rail and arms, 14th or 15th-century. Table: …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is the principal: there is another market-place, for butter, poultry, &c, which is connected with convenient …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… come unto this poore peticioner as in right of her free bench as the costome of the said mannor (whereof the memorie …