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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR. When … It was to maintain seven poor men in an almshouse at Wicken, giving each daily a halfpenny loaf and a herring, … to distribute similar amounts of loaves and fishes near Wicken church to each of 1,000 poor people, eventually at the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Church CHURCH. The patronage of Wicken church presumably belonged to the lords of the manor … perhaps over claims for tithe exemption on Anglesey's Wicken land. 77 From the 13th century to the 16th Rumburgh …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. In 1086 Count Alan's manorial demesne at Wicken included three out of the seven hides formerly … over half on the Little Isleham fee, were held freely of Wicken manor, excluding Spinney priory's 115 a. The lord had …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Education EDUCATION. One villager in 1564 left £100 … schoolhouse, day and Sunday schools for the children of Wicken's poor. She required of them both Bible reading and … was to provide secondary education scholarships for former Wicken and Upware school-pupils. 95 In the late 20th century …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. In the late 13th century the lords of Wicken successfully claimed to have by prescription not only … pillory, but infangthief, with a gallows. 51 In the 1410s Wicken gallows apparently stood close to the church and manor …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Manors MANORS. The seven hides at Wicken possessed before 1066 by Eddeva the fair were by 1086 … Wimar (Wihomarc), steward of Alan's honor of Richmond. 21 Wicken manor continued to be held of that honor throughout …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wicken Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Two Wicken husbandmen were linked with dissenters at Burwell in … for the Isleham Independent congregation, which a former Wicken man served as minister, 1727-47. 62 In the 1790s the …