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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 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was served by a succession of parish clerks from the same family, Samuel Smith, his son Samuel, and Charles Smith. 42 … Recent benefactions by the Revd. W. L. P. Gould and his family are recorded on plaques in the church, including gifts …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… and later ceased to be a separate farm. Under the Marling family new holdings were created at Slade farm, Cross farm, … to 182 a. excluding 35 a. of woodland, but the Marling family had the land replanted with trees so that in 1921 … 87 was possibly the watermill on the Cone, for the Shere family later had other property near-by. 88 In 1618 and 1623 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… century the manor was held by members of the Derneford family as under-tenants. About 1255 Roger de Derneford was … much later, to have been the residence of the Woodroffe family since the Civil War, 72 but although James Woodroffe … Gothic doorway and windows. At Brookend the Woodroffe family also owned Hoskins's House, later called WOOLASTON …