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A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east … a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … parishes in Lexden hun- dred. 26 Sixty custompotts or ale tolls were paid in 1407 to the lord of Wivenhoe manor, …
A History of the County of Essex
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their … of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the assize of ale, and of infringing the lord's rights of … the spring meeting, when 2 constables, 2 common drivers, 2 bread and ale tasters, and 2 meeters (perhaps officers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … 8. per annum, the produce of bequests, is distributed in bread among the poor. Wollaston WOLLASTON, a chapelry, in the …
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, … "lay between the tenement of Sir John de Pulteneye and the tenement of Bartholomew Denmars and was a public way … of the Sheriffs' Prisons. First mention: The Compter in Bread Street was removed to Wood Street in 1555 (S. 298) and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, … in 1782, although a former owner had been licensed to sell ale in 1771. The Plough, on the green in Upper Wolvercote, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Not to be confused with WEED ASH, these are the residues of ASHES from burning WOOD. This crude form of POTASH had to be processed to concentrate the content of potassium and to turn the raw product into POTASHES and PEARL ASH. It … clothes and BEDDING from moths and fleas, and in brewing ALE, though this last was prohibited by [Acts (1710)]. The …
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 … the antiquities that have been found are, foundations and ruins of buildings, fragments of statues, stags' horns, … 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 woods in the south-east. The three principal manors had separate field systems. 96 That of Ditton Valence was apparently cultivated in three shifts …
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 …