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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted … The burgesses were given the right of perpetual succession and the use of a common seal. 47 They were to hold the guild property in socage, and were licensed to acquire further property up to £100 in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… fee, with a messuage in the New Market belonging thereto, and also 240 acres at a money rent (20 s.). Henry de Walpol held 80 acres with 4 messuages, as 1 fee, and 120 acres for 10 s. 4 d. Robert de Haustede held 94 acres and 3 cottages as 1 fee. John de Litlebury and Richard de …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… remained a quarter-sessions town ever since; the January and July sessions for the Isle are held here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the … in 1810; it was replaced by the existing Sessions House and Police Station on the South Brink. 10 Since the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (O.S. 6 in. (a)XIV N.E., (b)XIV S.E.) Wistow is a parish and village 3 m. S.S.W. of Ramsey. The church, bridge and Limetree Farm are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical … of Barnack stone; the roofs are covered with slates and lead. The S. wall of the Chancel and possibly also the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the union of Bodmin, E. division of the hundred of Pyder and of the county of Cornwall, 5 miles (W. by S.) from … The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 10, and in the gift of Sir R. R. Vyvyan, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for 320, and the glebe comprises 60 acres. The church, which contains …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop …
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 church within the 10th- …
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 Topographical Dictionary of England
… granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges … Wye the parish is bounded by a range of limestone hills, and towards the Severn by a rich vale of red marl; it is intersected by the road from Gloucester to Chepstow, and comprises by estimation 3160 acres. The living is a …