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A History of the County of Oxford
… fees from endowed sermons; 'common dues' of 6 d. from each family at Easter yielded c. £5 in 1811, while additional … that Bowles had circulated malicious gossip about his family's contributions to the collection plate. 24 Bowles … 1565. 26 For most of St. John's incumbency the Marlborough family paid a curate for Woodstock, 27 and in the 1870s the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 18th was called Pettyjohn's Lane from a medieval Woodstock family. 49 Houses on it were sometimes described as on Back … no. 14 Market Street of c. 1800, built by the Bellinger family of carriers and corn factors with large associated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of whom Henry Dogett, three members of the Marshall family, Thomas Spilsby, and William Faulkner, St. John's … Chipping Norton, bought a shop in Market Place which his family held for a century. 3 William Dister (d. 1520) of … and draper, left goods worth over 400. 26 Of the Metcalfe family of drapers in the early 17th century William (d. 1608) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of £8 a year from Childrey (Berks.), which the Dolman family had given to the trustees in 1598 in final settlement …
A History of the County of Oxford
… publicly at a theatre in Blenheim Palace by the duke's family. 57 An unidentified New Theatre in Woodstock was … Old Woodstock. E. T. Brown-Grant, 'John Fardon', Oxon. Family Historian, iii (4), 127-9; iii (5), 148-50. Oxf. Jnl. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 167781, the clerkship was held by members of the Ryves family, 24 of whom the most notable was Edward (d. 1767), who … charities and from the generosity of the Marlborough family: the duchess clothed 40 men and 40 women during an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from … challenged Abingdon's interest, 41 but the Marlborough family's 'natural right to the chief influence there' 42 was … estates, commented that Woodstock would be a safe family seat if only the duke and Lord Blandford would agree …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the town and hardly any dissenters besides one Quaker family: Presbyterian and Independent sects had declined …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 9. 19. 4.; net income, 258; patrons, the Hole family. Berry Castle, an ancient Roman encampment, is in the … and the building contains some monuments to the Wentworth family. Sixteen children are instructed for 16. 7. per annum, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… The house, built by a member of an old Roman Catholic family, must have been intended to provide a chapel, though …