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A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1319 a group of apparently non-local men assaulted his servants who were administering the market, seized his goods, … Further disruptions occurred during peace time. Royal servants seized goods from the bishop's manor house in 13001 … shaded through to wage-earners, apprentices, and domestic servants. From the late 17th or early 18th century there was …
A History of the County of Essex
… & Co. bankers by 1902. 33 In 1891 there were 103 domestic servants, including housekeepers, out of a recorded popu- …
A History of the County of Oxford
… small tithes and other dues from Godstow abbey and its servants, but had to acknowledge that the abbey itself was exempt, as were its servants, except for those with their own households in … have been paid by the mill. 30 The abbey's rights over its servants may have led to one of its chapels being treated as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the abbey, some certainly for the wages of the abbey's servants who included 7 ploughmen, 4 carters (3 at Godstow …
A History of the County of Oxford
… population of the village was swelled by some of the abbey servants. 94 As many as 144 people paid poll tax in … Godstow, which presumably employed a number of household servants as well as supplying work for the villagers. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… which seems to have served as a church for the abbey servants, 42 and, beyond it, lodging for a priest. The guest …
The Environs of London
… for the benefit of King Charles's chaplains and domestic servants, collected about twelve months after he was … states, that they, the late King's Majesty's domestic servants, to the number of 40, being in present distress, by …
A History of the County of Essex
… of the inhabitants of Woodford must have been domestic servants; 3 they would have replaced some of the negroes … (Woodford Hist. Soc. x), 36. In 1908 Mrs. Masters kept a servants' registry office: Kelly's Dir. Essex, 1908, p. 628. …