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A History of the County of Leicestershire
… Wistow WISTOW Wistow lies seven miles south-east of Leicester in the valley of the River Sence. Since 1936 it has included most of the … for the rest of the 15th century. The Marmions' under-tenants were various members of the Hastings family, who held …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham … enfranchised and the freehold conveyed to the customary tenants in 1762 by Hugh, lord Clifford. Holme Island was … 422. 1178 Orm son of Thore 3 accounts for 40 marks of an amercement because he received sureties without the licence …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Uvell) WITHIEL ( St. Uvell), a parish, in the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 … of the charity estates; these are at present let to tenants, and the rents distributed among the poor. Six neat …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in … it had been divided into four dwellings occupied by five tenants, though whether they were still paupers is not clear: …
A History of the County of Oxford
… history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural … with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just … 2 from the 1390s the land was usually leased, though tenants such as the Brice family continued to farm it from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 32 s. 6 d. a year. Probably they stood near the sites of Waleys or Farm Mill near the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at … manor, of which three were probably at Woodford: three tenants there paid rent of 12 a year, 6 the same rent which …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough status. 1 By the early 14th century some parts of its economy were apparently contracting, notably the local … and certainly an assertion that it ceased to be 'a centre of trade' and that the borough 'hardly deserves its name' 2 … immigration was nevertheless probably limited. 8 All tenants held by burgage tenure, most commonly paying 6 d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was transformed by mechanization, the introduction of the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry … 19th century water-powered spinning was introduced by tenants of New Mill: Edmund Wright, killed in an accident at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and … 1270s contained around 300 houses held by some 235 named tenants. Total population was probably well over a thousand, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … of the manor were presented for confirmation by prominent tenants from the townships, perhaps reflecting local concerns …