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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… of Roger de Midhop. It descended in Thomas de Pykering's posterity until after the death of Lady Anne Knevet, the … John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called "Chamley's," owner John Barrow, rent 12s. 11d.; 1 messuage called … Dawson 1 1673 August 31. Daniel Fleming gave 1s. to a man that brought venison from Witherslack. Le Fleming MSS. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from Bodmin; containing 468 inhabitants. The parish … of Withiel. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: … In 1820, on removing some earth, the skeleton of a man in armour, with his horse, was exposed to view. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by subscriptions, loans, and a subvention from the town's Freeland estate charity, 1 together with sale of old … the bailiffs and excluded from charitable uses. 4 Holloway's and Townsend's Almshouses Two other almshouses were founded … lifetime gift before 1628, 5 to be freely lent to one poor man of the town for 2 years. William Gunn ( fl. 1628) of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… began a fundamental and long-term shift in the town's social and economic structure. Such changes were … and commercial development. 2 The break with the town's pre-War economy was completed by the rapid decline, from … machinery, producing 'knitted' blankets in man-made fibres at four times the rate of conventional looms, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth industry, … riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket industry's recovery in the early 19th century, as piecemeal … the clothier Nicholas Ifield (d. 1587) had at least one man-servant and two maids, 222 while a chandler's house in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… international scale. More general resurgence of the town's population and economy followed, though possibly not until … about 121213, a venture presumably stimulated by Witney's early success; since Newland failed, however, expansion may … than 17 alewives being fined in 1291. 13 In 1282 a Witney man owned property in 'la boucherie' (presumably the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… INDUSTRY 19001945 During the earlier 20th century Witney's economy remained chiefly dependent on the blanket industry … manufacturers, accounting for 90 per cent of the town's production in 1949; 10 in the mid 1920s Smith's merged with … undertaking men's jobs, who received half the standard man's wage. 20 Continued buoyancy in the early 1920s, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Curbridge were added in 1932, bringing the town's area to 1,306 a., and intakes from Curbridge (47 a.) and … the river and surrounded by low-lying alluvium. The river's surviving eastern branch formed the town's and parish's … that by the 18th century the area was primarily a 'rich man's suburb' 223 seems exaggerated. Woodside (No. 41), the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … was later styled gentleman, the customary description of a man with no income from trade. 120 The houses in Buswells Row …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … were at first local people, the appointment of an Essex man as surveyor and inspector in 1896 marking a shift towards …