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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Decline DECLINE The outstanding feature of the later medieval history of Wilton is the rapid decline of the borough between the 13th and 15th centuries; all the evidence goes to show that while … It was therefore Salisbury and not Wilton that became the assize town when that phrase begins to bear its modern …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… town government MEDIEVAL TOWN GOVERNMENT In the reign of Henry I the leading burgesses secured the right to … right of distraint of goods, the view of frankpledge, the assize of bread and ale, the rights of pillory, and the profits of the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of … for selling cloth (of unspecified origin) contrary to the assize, 36 and two others were similarly accused in 12678. 37 … See p. 10. The lord of the borough held the assize of bread and ale, and levied 'brewgeld': see p. 12. S. C. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Modern town government and poor relief MODERN TOWN GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES In great contrast to the early period of its growth, when ancient custom became established by … guild officials, such as the steward, market officials and ale-tasters, who made up the elective body of town officers. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilton Schools and charities SCHOOLS The Free School was founded with a bequest of 600 to the rector and churchwardens as trustees from … 19th century devoted their charities as a rule partly to a bread dole, as a form of poor relief, and partly to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wiltshire Record Society volumes used PUBLICATIONS OF THE WILTSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY ( formerly the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society) used in this Volume … i Abstracts of Feet of Fines relating to Wilts. Edw. I and Edw. II, ed. R. B. Pugh (1939) ii Accounts of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Wincanton WINCANTON The ancient parish of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The … on the £32. 70 On St. Thomas's day 1874 896 lb. of bread was distributed. 71 The charities were said in 1877 to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wincanton - Windy Nook Wincanton (St. Peter and St. Paul) WINCANTON ( St. Peter and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … of the choir, and a cask of wine and 100 cakes of white bread to the convent, as often as a king of England should …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Castle CASTLE The County Hall, the great Hall of Winchester where the first Parliaments of England were held, is the only remaining portion of the castle where Norman and Angevin kings resided, where Henry I was married to Maud …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… with Winchester in general. 1. St. John's Hospital and the Allied Charities. The history of St. John's Hospital in its religious capacity and after … to pay the annual sum of 4 2 s. for distribution in bread. The charge has been redeemed by the transfer to the …