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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Wilsford WILSFORD The ancient parish of Wilsford lies on the west bank of the River Avon, 2 miles south of Amesbury. The township of … 144 Nineteen men of the village took the protestation oath in 16412. 145 There were in the 18th century about 20 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of … who then held the see, the city was preserved in its allegiance to Stephen. On the subsequent captivity of the … of the tenure by which he held his estates. On his oath, and on that of twenty-four compurgators, that he did …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was … Edward had from it in his time.' The result shows, on the oath made by eightysix principal burgesses ( de Burgensibus … by the king, to whom the mayor had personally to take an oath 'touching those things that pertain to the mayoralty.' …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … of Scotland, came here as Henry's guest. King David swore allegiance to the Empress Maud as the king's heir, 16 and the same oath was taken by the English prelates and nobles. 17 Henry …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Thurloe was elected to represent Wisbech in the parliament of Richard Cromwell, 66 the borough has never had separate … station until after 1832, and there is little evidence of marked political activity in the 18th and early 19th … 160 votes to Lord Charles Manners's 53. This change of allegiance may have been due to the fact that the then Bishop …
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 … came, being elected, tried and sworn, who say upon their oath that John de Lancastre of Stanestedes, chivaler, held … knt. and another, to admit into the king's obedience and allegiance James Haryngton, Robert Middelton, Thomas …
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 … generally revolved around local issues rather than party allegiance, among them the pressing problem (until 1834) of …
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 … allowed to make an affirmation rather than to swear an oath when presenting his accounts. 19 A few years later two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM Despite hints of religious conservatism in the mid 16th century, there is no evidence of a strong recusant tradition in the town either then or … family from Brize Norton, refused to sign the Protestation oath. 4 Later recusants, never from more than three or four …
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 … 96 Forty-six men took, and one refused, the protestation oath in 1642; only 19 people paid hearth tax in Wolvercote …