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A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … the 17th century came to nothing, though from 1711 the cloth industry secured economic self-regulation through the … on three floors (including garrets), furnished with 23 beds or bedsteads. Witney's overseers paid for nursing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … seal and who was frequently associated with medieval cloth or textile guilds. 74 A 14th-century crypt and chapel … responsibility in 1920. 216 In 1571 the church owned a silver communion cup, and, by 1586, a cover. It acquired two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the town from the late 17th century, reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 miles (W.) from …
A History of the County of Essex
… and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of poor sailors or their widows. 16 In 1752 c. 3 a. of land at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of £2 10 s. was used to buy material for gowns. In the early …
A History of the County of Essex
… by 1254 when Simon Battle was the patron. The advowson of the rectory descended with the lordship of Wivenhoe manor, … against his opponents. 34 In 1633 there was no decent cloth for the communion table and no pulpit cloth. 35 Thomas … includes a cup of 1562, probably bought to replace the silver chalice sold then, a paten of c. 1670-80 probably …
A History of the County of Essex
… estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest … insignificant. In 1327 its assessment for subsidy was one of the lowest of the parishes in Lexden hundred; the lord of … in the 16th and 17th centuries, supply- ing wool for the cloth trade of Colchester and other towns, but arable farming …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east bank of the river Colne where it … packet boats went weekly from Wivenhoe to London with cloth and returned with wool for the Colchester cloth …
A History of the County of Essex
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their … 39 In the 14th and 15th centuries courts with view of frankpledge were held at least once a year, with usually 12 to 16 jurors. Cases of animals trespassing on the lord's land, breach of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 96 SW) The parish, covering around 1145 hectares, lies S. of Wellingborough between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. … stone axe has been found within the village (SP 907627; Beds. Arch. J., 7 (1972), 967). a(1) Ring Ditch (SP … pottery, probably of Iron Age date ( JRS, 51 (1961), 134; Beds. Arch. J., 3 (1966), 6; BNFAS, 6 (1971), 18, Wollaston …