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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 …
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 … view of frankpledge for the borough, to which all borough tenants were summoned and at which wardsmen, other town …
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 … to members of the resident Brice family who remained tenants until the mid 17th century, 33 though at first the …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … consisted of 40 a. of wood in 1585. 38 In 1339 the unfree tenants on Wivenhoe manor owed regular agricultural services, …