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A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … rising food prices, and in the 1790s the impact of the French wars, prompted further crises, marked by severe … was ended through the mediation of a magistrate. 142 The French wars of the 1790s, like earlier conflicts, brought …
A History of the County of Oxford
… taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … the wealthy clothier Walter Jones left 10 for its 'repair and amending' so that 'children may there be taught', … tradesmen, and farmers' of the area by offering English, French and Latin, arithmetic, and natural science, together …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably … From the 17th century it became widely known for its cloth and blanket industry, and after 1945 it was developed as the chief commercial, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … was the Witney mason William Biles, and the builder Elijah French. 252 The chapel was renovated in 1907, when stained … of the war, some of them billeted in the town. Belgian refugees were also accommodated, and in 1917 children …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually belonging to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a … gabled bellcot, replacing an earlier conical bellcot in French style. In 1851 there were 499 sittings. 222 An organ …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … accused of disseminating the scriptures in English and of questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have had London trade links, those from Witney …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 only five recusants were reported there. 2 Among … Tempest family lived at Witney in the early 17th century, and in 1641 Francis Rathbone, one of a recusant gentry family … women, including a shopkeeper, mantua-maker, publican, and tailor's wife. 6 Two or three Catholic families remained …
A History of the County of Essex
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. One Quaker and a few Anabaptists were recorded in 1664. 69 John Argor … Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian meet- ings in … a division apparently occurred between the Pres- byterians and the Paedobaptists (perhaps Independents) in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ordered the payment of the contribution to the repairs, and awarded costs of 42 gold florins against Wolvercote. 7 … were made regularly until 1869, were revived in 1923 and continued until the closure of St. Peter's in 1965. 8 … money to St. Peter-in-the-East as the 'mother church', and as late as 1636 a woman left 2 d. to the parish church of …