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A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have … through the courts baron and a twice-yearly tourn or view of frankpledge, which continued for the rural townships …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the 30-hide estate of Witney to his 'minister' Aelfhelm. The estate was … estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate before … not later. 14 The bishopric's estates were restored in 1660, and in 1661 both manor and borough were let to Sir …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … likely, the earliest unequivocal evidence is the survival of blocked, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early … Ralph Brideoake being re-presented by Charles II in 1660. 18 In the 1670s the king contested the patronage …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the … Witney people attended conventicles in Bampton in 1660: Mansfield Coll. Libr., Oxford, Sam. Birch's 'Bk. of …
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, contained two settlements, Upper and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between … is based mainly on drawings, of doubtful accuracy, made in 1660 and 1718 and on descriptions of 1666 and 1718. 40 The …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Wombridge. William Charlton of Wombridge (d. 1567) was reputed a papist or sympathizer … 22 Samuel Campion, the minister ejected from Hodnet in 1660, held Sunday conventicles at Wombridge in 1669. 23 In … expanding population. 24 C. R. Cameron, perpetual curate of Wombridge 1808-56, resisted the nonconformists 25 and, …
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 … through a process of searching and sealing [Acts (1660)]. Since the term was used elliptically in place of …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … father governor of Windsor Castle, and knighted 20 May, 1660; brother of Edward. Woodcock, Josias s. J., of Taunton, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Woodditton WOODDITTON Woodditton lies immediately south of Newmarket, 8 a town established c. 1200 astride the road … bounds were beaten along the frontages on the south side of Newmarket High Street. 10 Newmarket was separated from its parent parishes of Exning and Woodditton by stages: All Saints was created as …