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A History of the County of Oxford
… rebuild three bays of housing. 65 It belonged to prominent mercers, John Bradshaw (d. 1614) and Thomas Sparrow (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… will proved 1617 gave £12 a year, payable by the Skinners' Company of London, to be divided equally between the grammar … The doles were paid regularly, and in 1892 the Skinners' Company transferred £480 to the official trustee to maintain …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the market area devoted to wool and the number of mercers and drapers suggest that the wool and cloth trades … 1700 at least 15 were in distributive trades, including 8 mercers, 3 woollendrapers, 2 ironmongers, a grocer, a … Johnson (d. 1681), mercer, like Sparrow used the Grocers' Company arms on his trade token, and his shop contained …
A History of the County of Oxford
… school out of a larger charity payable by the Skinners' Company of London. 93 Other early endowments seem to have … c. £8 10 s.) and payments from Childrey and the Skinners' Company, was less than the schoolmasters' salary, which was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the mayor processed to church behind the macebearer in the company of gowned councillors; within the church the placing … invest in government stock and later in the Oxford Canal Company. 92 Lack of funds rendered the corporation unwilling … to the town in the 17th and 18th centuries: a private company installed a water supply in the 1690s, the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater garrison, and another company from the Taunton garrison were quartered in the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the 47th of George III.; it is lighted with gas by a company established also by act of parliament, and is supplied with water from the works of the Kent Water Company. The public buildings are on a scale of vast extent, … formerly used as an academy for part of the gentlemencadet company, in connexion with the Royal Military Academy, but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… and a paten of the same date given by the Goldsmiths' Company. ConditionRe-built. b(2) Parish Church of St. …