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A History of the County of Oxford
… Weald Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. AGRICULTURE. In the mid 10th century Bampton formed part of a large unitary … with half a yardland, and 11 other tenants, including the miller and a smith, held houses with small amounts of land. … later to John Ward, maltster, and to Ward's son-in-law Richard Hambidge, maltster and spirit merchant, before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 30 Nothing had been done by 1650 when John Palmer, one of the trustees, left a further £100 providing that Veysey's will was performed, but by 1653, when the first master was appointed, a single-storeyed ashlar … Church View. 31 Henry Coxeter (d. 1654) bequeathed £10 and Richard Dewe (d. 1684) £50, 32 and in 1695 three closes near …
A History of the County of Oxford
… MANOR COURTS. From 1248 William de Valence, as lord of the manor and hundred of Bampton, claimed return of writs, … pleas of withernam, franchises allegedly held earlier by the counts of Boulogne but challenged by Edward I in 1285. … valuation 1818; cf. Jesus Coll. Mun., box 15, list 3, D. Miller to bursar 1 June 1822. O.R.O., MSS. d.d. Par. Bampton …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Manors and castle MANORS AND CASTLE Until the late Anglo-Saxon period the royal manor of BAMPTON … niece and coheir Elizabeth Comyn, who before 1327 married Richard Talbot (d. 1356), later Lord Talbot, 48 and the manor … with the Talbots, later earls of Shrewsbury. In 1355 Richard granted it in survivorship to John Carreu, John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Weald Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Some vicars in the mid 16th century were associated with the recusant Mores of Lower Haddon, 6 but no recusants were … Bettrice, perhaps related to the prominent Oxford Quaker Richard Bettrice. 13 Only two Quaker families were reported …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Weald granted to Osney abbey c. 1170 descended with the abbey's estate in Lew, and are treated below. 15 The Hospitallers held an estate in Weald and Burroway, … by 1279, when they owed 40 s. a year and suit of court to the lord of Bampton Earls. 16 In 1575 the Crown granted the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hundred BAMPTON HUNDRED UNTIL 1844 Bampton hundred, on the west side of the county, covered c. 48,500 a., divided among 16 ancient … all survived in the 17th century and later. Before 1248 Richard, earl of Cornwall (d. 1272) transferred to his court …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Buildings Buildings. The castle, manor-house, vicarages, gaol, and other public … Welchman, who bought the building or its precursor from Richard Busby in 1638, is the first baker known to have lived … had over it the initials of, apparently, Edward's brother Richard (d. 1657) and his wife Anne. 32 The original plan of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Charities Charities for the Poor. By will dated 1443 John Forest, Prebendary of … years to support 4 persons 'in my almshouse at Banbury' at the rate of 4 d. a week. 1 In 1448 the newly founded guild of … the income of 15 provided coal for 20 people. 31 In 1681 Richard Plestow gave 2 a year, charged on land in Williamscot …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large area: … little is known beyond their names; 62 two at least, Richard Brancaster (d. 1301) and John Diestere (fl. 1402), … and his long-winded delivery was satirized by the poet Richard Corbet. 100 Whateley died in 1639, but Anthony Wood's …