Search
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… in respect of Wisbech under the Declaration of Indulgence (1672). By the end of the 17th century there were already … at New Walsoken, 'a small mean building, erected in 1837'. 4 The Presbyterians in Wisbech were organized as a society … in 1724, and was succeeded by John Ford, who was paid £4 a year and moved to Sudbury (Suff.) in 1729. 5 Philip …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… him or else fyer the town and cutt the throats of all the Commissioners'. On his absence being discovered the shops of … 119 a). This troop was still in existence in 1690, when £4 was voted for the expenses of a horseman to serve therein …
A History of the County of Leicestershire
… still visible in dry summers, 3 is shown on a map of 1632, 4 and indistinct traces of both roads and house sites were … the demesne, and 5 villeins, 5 bordars, and 9 socmen had 4 ploughs. Two Frenchmen completed the number of landholders. … flocks may have been at Newton Harcourt. 76 The inclosure commissioners made 9 allotments in 1772: of the 875 a. …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… son of Adam del Gate, (3) Richard son of Adam le Fevere, (4) Robert Tailor ( sutor), (5) Robert the Chaplain's son, (6) … arms they came to the said Roger's water of Whytherslak, 4 which is his free fishery, and fished there without his … Andrew Wy . . . e, knight, and John Hales the king's commissioners, by the oath of Robert Bellyngham, knight, John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the late 20th century. 3 Under a decree by the Charity Commissioners in 1613 the almshouse, with the town hall and … 1613 for the bailiffs and excluded from charitable uses. 4 Holloway's and Townsend's Almshouses Two other almshouses … to keep down poor rates, a policy condemned by the Charity Commissioners in 1701. 18 By the early 19th century, out of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… centuries were often implicated in piecemeal inclosure. 4 Other better-off townsmen supplemented their income by … (ORS 44), p. 158. ORO, MSS Wills Oxon. 12/1/42, 60/4/27; PRO, PROB 3/18/164. Blenheim Mun., box 156, leases of … (origins and devpt). Rep. Assistant Hand-Loom Weavers Commissioners (Parl Papers 1840 (639), xxiv), p. 552. ORO, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 121011 the manorial mills were let for a total of 16 13 s. 4 d., rising by 1213 to 18. 2 The number of mills varied with … of the sites from the 19th century is discussed above. 4 Witney or Woodford Mill Medieval Mills Though individual … In 1649, when Witney manor was sold by the Parliamentary commissioners, it was said to include three water corn mills …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wealth per person in Witney was by then slightly higher. 4 Buoyed by the presence of wealthy wool merchants and by a … in the borough court book were for terms of between 4 and 11 years, with the usual conditions. 95 Occasionally … obtaining a corporation for the town, and in 1640 the Commissioners of Trade included Witney among 60 clothing …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected both steady demand and rising population. 4 The Bridge Street extension linked the borough with plots …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1850s, when the town's population fell through emigration, 4 may be partly attributable to the lack of a railway, which … ORO, Swan X/2. Below. Report Assistant Hand-Loom Weavers Commissioners (Parl. Papers 1840 (639), xxiv), p. 549; … Young, Oxon. Agric. 325. Rep. Assistant Hand-Loom Weavers Commissioners, pp. 5479; cf. Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. …