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A History of the County of Sussex
… in Domesday Book, but fixed rents of tenants there were worth 18 s. 7 d. in 1210. 39 About 1300 Wiston manor had 53 … had 14 a. of glebe land, besides offerings and mortuaries worth £2 13 s. 8 d. 67 In addition all the tithes of the … to Magdalen College, Oxford. 69 The living was said to be worth less than 12 marks in 1440, 70 but in 1535 was again …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… the provision of a sufficient vicarage, but in 1535 it was worth only £8 18 s. 4 d. The abbey drew £17 3 s. 4 d. from … sums presented by Sir William Halford, but in 1831 it was worth only £92; 90 from one of the wealthiest livings in the … diaper patterns. John Chamberlain possessed 15,300 bricks, worth £10, at his death in 1638 17 and the forecourt walls …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… 40s. yearly, an enclosed park, the herbage of which is worth for agistment 100s., 10 a. meadow worth 20s., other several pastures worth 106s. 8d.; Inq. p.m., 21 Edward III, 1st nos., n. 53; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… six widows of blanket-weavers, and assigned to them land worth 85 a year. William Blake, in 1693, endowed a school …
A History of the County of Oxford
… besides paying for apprenticeships, distributed up to 80-worth of soup, blankets, and clothing a year. Relief was thus … in the Official Trustee of Charitable Funds, together worth over 8,000. Witney Parochial Charities held 1,396 … to the poor of Witney four times a year in bread worth 20 s.; thereafter the income to go to Witney church for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prosperous weaver, with goods (including his own loom) worth 31, left hay, corn, pigs, and 62 sheep in 1621, while a small clothier in 1638 had a close of wheat worth 6 and malt worth 1 5 s., and in 1719 the wealthy blanket-maker John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and died extremely wealthy in 1501: 19 debts owed her, worth over 1,000, point to dealings both with prominent … Caswell, Cogges, and Lew: in 1524 he was taxed on goods worth over 860, a sum unrivalled within the county and … wealthiest taxpayer in 1544 when he was assessed on goods worth 60. Besides interests in Southampton and lands in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1327 nearly 80 per cent were taxed on moveable goods worth 5 or less, but four paid on more than 10, and between …
A History of the County of Oxford
… than a few windows, 54 while in 1596 a weaver had glass worth 1 s. 1 d. in his hall, even though his total assets were worth under 5 and he had only a life interest in his house. … of their houses. Richard Budd (d. 1623), with assets worth 104, owned two looms, wool, yarn, and finished …
A History of the County of Oxford
… them in the early 17th century, supplemented by quitrents worth 2 s. 10 d. 54 Bailiffs accounted for borough income to …