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A Dictionary of London
… Quay. Wolsies Gate A water gate in the roparie, in parish of All Hallows the Less, of later time called Wolfes Lane, but now out of use (S. 42). … of the Sheriffs' Prisons. First mention: The Compter in Bread Street was removed to Wood Street in 1555 (S. 298) and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the county of Gloucester, 2 miles … bequests, the interest of which is distributed in bread to the poor. Two trusts for providing cows for poor …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. The lord of the manor had right of gallows, pillory, and tumbril in … manor in the early 17th century when he also exercised the assize of bread and ale. The inhabitants of the manor were presented in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… inclosure c. 1816 open-field arable occupied the centre of the parish, between heath in the north-west and closes and … three principal manors had separate field systems. 96 That of Ditton Valence was apparently cultivated in three shifts in 1243 but conformed to the East Anglian pattern of inconstant names and irregular and perhaps variable sizes. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the parish was regarded as a single township. 96 View of frankpledge was exercised by the lords of the three … of Thetford, who with Ralph de Camoys also claimed the assize of bread and of ale in 1276. 97 The honor of Richmond's free …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… and 1742. After 1920 the Stetchworth estate included much of the parish. Ditton Camoys and Ditton Valence manors … their names in the later 13th century from the surnames of the families which had owned them from c. 1200. 57 DITTON … 58 Archbishop Stigand later held it as lessee or custodian of the abbey, and on his death in 1072 it was taken by …
The Environs of London
… WOODFORD Etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land. Soil. This place was so called from the ford in the … present Value. Use. 1585. Robert Rampston, 1l. per annum, Bread. 1625. Mrs. Elizabeth Elwes, 5l. per annum, Poor. 1659. … John Baverley, at the rent of 30l. per annum; the rents of assize were 4l. 7s. 10d; the profits of court 4l. 7s. 7d. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Sunday school at Woodford, apparently Anglican, where most of the children of the poor were taught and clothed charitably. 1 By 1807, if … was 260 stock, the income from which was spent on bread for the poor. Another group of charities consisted of …
A History of the County of Essex
… LOCAL GOVERNMENT. During the Middle Ages the abbot of Waltham, as lord of the manor, held courts for Woodford. He took the profits … grazing on the common. As well as constables one or two bread- and ale-tasters were usually elected. The number of …
A History of the County of Sussex
… in plurality with Albourne, 79 and in 1978 it became part of the united benefice of Henfield with Shermanbury and Woodmancote, the parishes … except during the Interregnum. 84 Since 1978 the patronage of the new united benefice has belonged to the bishop. 85 The …