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A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … The experiences of the future blanketmanufacturer William Smith (d. 1874), born in 1815 to a relatively humble family … (1986 edn), 36; inf. from L.E.A. Inf. from L.E.A.; Ducker Davis survey held by L.E.A.; Witney Gaz. 3 Jan. 1991. Above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … explicitly mentioned in 1279 was a forge held by a smith with his house. 144 The size of the original burgage … III/i/8, pp. 303, 306, 329, 473; S. C. Jenkins and P. W. Davis, 'West Oxon. at War', Rec. Witney, 5 (Dec. 1978), p. 8. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … had household goods valued at only 7. 62 In 1743 Thomas Smith, with 142 in finished and unfinished goods, similarly … GA Oxon. c 256 (55); Witney Gaz. 4 Mar., 11 Mar. 1976; P. Davis, Witney (Airfield Focus no. 49, 2002), 4. Below, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to … f. 126; ORO, MSS dd Par. Witney c 9, f. 202; c 30, f. 113. Smith, 'Reminiscences', 7. Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. d 217, f. 104; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and … proportion', and withheld payment from the mason, Humphrey Smith of Abingdon (then Berks.), because it was 'not raised … MS 1616, f. 7; Eng. Episcopal Acta, I: Lincoln, ed. D. M. Smith (1980), 823. BL, Harl. MS 1616, ff. 11v., 65v.; Pipe R …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … town's chief employers, among them members of the Early, Smith, and Marriott families, together with leading grocers, … 'Ministers' included both men and women, among them Hannah Smith (d. 1817), active at Witney from the 1780s, and women …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when … 27. Feud. Aids, ii. 193; Valor Eccl. (Rec. Com.), i. 444. Smith, Eccl. Hist. Essex, 312. C. Hodgson, Queen Anne's … Newcourt, Repertorium, ii. 679. E.R.O., D/ACV 5, f. 19. H. Smith, 'Parochial Clergy' (TS. in E.R.O.), ii. 93; D.N.B. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which … in 1838 and may have been erected in 1816 when John Smith, miller, was admitted to the plot. It was sold in 1858 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … clothing, and 15 in coal, for the poor of Wolverley. John Smith, Esq., in 1823, bequeathed 600 for founding an … income, 206; patrons, the Bishop of Worcester, and James Smith, Esq. There is a parsonage-house, and the glebe …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… paid for it to the Dane-geld after the rate of a carucat and an half. The Land was then for twelve oxen, or twelve … but at 60s. The Soc extended into Totteshale, Brauncote, and Sudtune. [Pedigree] The family of Mortein were the next … of Charles the first, on horseback; a family piece by Smith, in which one of the figures represents, Sir Hugh …