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A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … was keen to establish a foothold in the town. 9 No craft guild seems to have been established, but the corporation … migration of Oxford glovers to Woodstock. Its freedom from guild regulations and easier access to rural out-workers may …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … ambitions. Probably by then the burgesses had formed a guild with a common hall and a hierarchy of offices: in 1338 … the ruling group may have belonged to a religious guild, since the borough's first charter was granted in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it … Nunnery, is probably a part of its ancient demesne. The Guild of the Holy Trinity was instituted by Henry IV., and, …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1740s Henry Crane of Bromsgrove, protestant dissenter. Ref.110 BA1/1/324/29 (1740) To the worshipfull the justices of the peace of the county of Worcester at their quarter … seven hundred and forty three for the said county at the Guild Hall in the city of Worcester whereby your petitioner …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Worlingham Worlingham. Ulf, a free-man of Gurth, the brother of Harold, held Worlingham at the time … per an: ii s. viij d. Denarij S. Petri, xvi d. Here was a guild of St. John Baptist. The registers of Worlingham … consists of the following parcels. A messuage called the Guild Hall, in Worlingham, rent 5. Land in Ellough let at 3, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and Southern divisions of Devon; containing 103 inhabitants. Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish of Worplesdon, union of Guildford, First division of the …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… XCIX Contract concerning the disponition of the Subdean Milns to the Burgh (1619) XCIX. Contract between Sir Walter Stewart of Mynto, with consent of his spouse, and the Provost, Bailies, Dean of Guild, Treasurer, Deacon, Convener, Councillors, Deacons of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the wapentake of Manley, … each with an image, altar, lights, &c., and supported by a guild, were instituted in it. The organ, built in 1733, is a …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… Yarrow - Zetland Y Yarrow YARROW, a parish, in the county of Selkirk, 9 miles (W.) from Selkirk; containing, with the village of Ettrick-Bridge and part of Yarrowford, 1264 inhabitants. … chiefly inhabited by persons employed in the handicraft trades requisite for the wants of the parish. A …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… YIELDING, or Yelden ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; containing 320 … the Domesday survey called Ewelden, comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, …