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A History of the County of Oxford
… was administered independently of Wolvercote from the Middle Ages; its economic organization is described … evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized in the later Middle Ages, … all who wished to common there. 16 In 1493, however, the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford seized 10 cattle which William …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ … (0.09 a.) and Pixey Mead (51 a.), which was then common to Yarnton and Begbroke, lay north of Wolvercote. To the east … Wolvercote, but it was probably an inn by 1625 when the mayor of Oxford and his party lunched there on their way …
Alumni Oxonienses
… college, New England, 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, … for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … 14 July, 1663; vicar of Aldworth, Berks, 1662. See Mayor, 143; & Foster's Index Eccl. Woodwarde "Semis," of co. …
A History of the County of Essex
… parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree hundred. … the urban district was amalgamated with that of Wanstead, to the south, and in 1937 the borough of Wanstead and … were lords of the manor, 141 and Sir Thomas White (lord mayor in 1877). 142 Michael Godfrey (d. 1695), son of a …
A History of the County of Essex
… Woodford Manors MANORS. The manor of WOODFORD HALL, which comprised the greater part … Edward the Confessor confirmed Harold's grant of lands to the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 The boundaries of the … Benjamin Thorowgood, alderman of London, who became lord mayor in 1685. 37 Thorowgood (d. 1694) was followed by his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Margaret) WOODHALL ( St. Margaret), a parish, in the union of Horncastle, S. division of the wapentake of … by a visit from James VI. of Scotland, on his route to take possession of the crown of England; he halted here … in length. The chapel was founded by Sir Edmund Shaa, lord mayor of London at the time of Richard III.'s usurpation. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of … Steyning; containing 378 inhabitants. The road from London to Brighton, by way of Horsham, runs through the parish. The … number twenty-five, viz., five aldermen, from among whom a mayor is annually chosen; a high steward; and a recorder, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Buildings Buildings Woodstock: Key to Buildings Section Scale 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They … of no. 14 Oxford Street. Parker (d. 1719), malster and mayor, was closely concerned in the Blenheim building works …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of … and St. Thomas's day bread was given out regularly by the mayor in the 18th century and early 19th. 93 Separate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 In 1445 the leading … proctors or chapelwardens accounted annually before the mayor, and the borough's earliest ledger, used chiefly to …