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Henley: Religious History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… HISTORY A church was founded in Henley presumably at or before the laying out of the planned town. By c. 1200 it … large, though not all medieval rectors resided, and some day-to-day pastoral care devolved upon stipendiary chaplains. …
Henley: Social and Political History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… 4 out of 38 taxpayers in Henley (11 per cent) paid 3 s. or more, compared with 30 per cent in Abingdon, and over 20 … 2 Recreational use of the river is reflected in a two-day boat trip to Hampton Court and Windsor in 1648 by the … a new uniform at Easter and a 12 d. gift on Childermas Day (28 December), while 20 s. a year was allowed for school …
Henley: Town Buildings
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… others concealed behind later faades of brick, render, or (in a few instances) 20th-century mock timber-framing. 8 … riverside towns such as Marlow, much of its present-day visual character. 16 Typical of Henley's earlier … John Piper, and again in 1965 by David Tapp of Maurice Day & Associates. 16 More typical of town-centre development …
Henley: Urban Economic History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… had transport occupations, including carters, a sumpter (or packhorse-driver), boatmen, and porters, while others … with (allegedly) around 300 cart-loads often sold in a day. 1 Grain exporting probably became a secondary activity, … though both outside banks opened only on Thursdays (market day). 9 TABLE 4. Occupations of male household heads in the …
Survey of London
… of 'back houses' assessed for rates suggests that one or two little courts were already in existence behind the … the Rev. C. J. Keenes. The term was eighty years from Lady Day 1873 at a peppercorn rent for the first twenty-one … the summer the theatre was closed, and re-opened on Boxing Day, 27 December. The architect was T. H. Wyatt, assisted by …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the opening speech in the Painted Chamber on the following day (which, unusually, was given by Chief Justice William Thirning rather than the chancellor or the archbishop of Canterbury), the commons came before the … his dreams: on the morning of 10 March, parliament's last day, he says, 'I heard it being urged that all sorts of …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… on Monday 14 January, the commons were told to attend each day at eight o'clock, and to present their speaker to the king on the following day at nine. Arnold Savage duly became speaker on the … At any rate, he apparently absented himself for 'five or six days, until 28 January'. Meanwhile, as the roll …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… which had kept him occupied for the previous five years or so. 3 Spurred on by both his father's incapacity and his … then told to elect their speaker, and on the following day they presented Chaucer, who, despite his declared … that he be burned. The sentence was carried out the same day at Smithfield, in the presence of the prince of Wales. At …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… the king nor his son, the prince of Wales - now more or less in charge of suppressing the rebellion - were able to … would prove as generous as its predecessor. On New Year's Day 1406, further writs were sent out changing the venue to … until 13 October. Due to the number of absentees on that day, the third session was delayed until 18 October, but in …
Parliament Rolls of Medieval England
… of Parliament. On Monday 1 March, which was the first day of parliament, in the Painted Chamber within the royal … pres la chambre depeynte. To act all together, or at least six of the aforesaid prelates and lords, … customary house within the abbey of Westminster, each day for the duration of the parliament at eight o'clock: and …