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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… cup of 1646, inscribed W.W. 1672, and stand-paten of 1706. Royal Arms: In naveat W. end, Stuart arms of 1660 on wood. …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… W of Hogginton appeared, brought by Vaughan and Chandler, royal judges. She said that pepper was cold, violets and …
A History of the County of Sussex
… was held at Woodmancote Place, and in 1800 and 1803 at the Royal Oak inn in Shermanbury. A reeve was mentioned in 1680 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of c. 1874 on Oxford Street included on the north the Royal Assembly Rooms, for long one of the town's principal … d. rent. 56 Later it seems to have become attached to the royal manor, from which it was held by Maud, relict of Sir … Chaucer, at her death in 1437. 57 Sir Thomas (d. 1434), royal servant and Speaker of the Commons, was farmer of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock chapel. Besides chapels and chantries in the royal manor house 69 there were chapels in Hensington and … John, apparently not in the manor house, was repaired at royal expense in 1234-5; 71 it may have been the town's … present; the series was given before the king in the royal chapel in the park. Probably at Laud's behest lectures …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps … not have pre-dated the town: passage from the gate to the royal palace remained difficult, requiring long causeways. 92 … later houses, was thought to be spoil from the demolished royal palace; some lintels, however, appear to be in situ, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted … valued at much less. A few were associated with the royal park. Thomas Croft (d. 1488), a royal servant who shared with his brother the control of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, was said to have been vacant when the town was … first a moderately successful planted town, stimulated by royal patronage and the proximity of Woodstock park, which … in 1453. Many leading medieval townsmen held office in the royal manor and park, and court gatherings filled Woodstock …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for … farmers may have been townsmen. 80 Then for many years the royal manor was held by successive sheriffs of Oxfordshire, … was granted to Queen Isabella in 1313. 88 Thereafter the royal manor was farmed, and the town's contribution to that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (place in the woods) 3 may have applied first to a royal hunting lodge established on the edge of Wychwood … Palace, was occupied until the early 18th century by a royal residence, called the king's houses or Woodstock Manor. …