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A History of the County of Sussex
… held in the period 1800-50. Business was conducted out of court from the mid 18th century, and the last court was … was held at Woodmancote Place, and in 1800 and 1803 at the Royal Oak inn in Shermanbury. A reeve was mentioned in 1680 … 1800 and 1803. The reeve in 1835 was J. L. W. Dennett, son of the lord of the manor. The only business recorded at the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the grammar school, were transferred to the corporation in 1599 and … of c. 1874 on Oxford Street included on the north the Royal Assembly Rooms, for long one of the town's principal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … of London, to be divided equally between the grammar school, a sermon, and doles of 6 d. to the poor who attended … the capital to be replaced from the income of the grammar school estate. 20 By will proved 1817 George, duke of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was … Woodstock chapel. Besides chapels and chantries in the royal manor house 69 there were chapels in Hensington and … of whom several were also headmaster of the grammar school. 15 One early 19th-century rector complained that the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps … mentioned in the early 17th century, and the grammar school of 1585, housed from c. 1600 in a room attached to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted … Webley had a glove factory in the former industrial school behind his house, no. 24 Park Street; in 1967 the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Education Education Woodstock had an early free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th … dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen educationist frustrated in his plans for a National school, observed in 1815 that 'a religious and useful …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, was said to have been vacant when the town was … local wool trade, and in 1585 the town acquired a grammar school. 72 The extent of building activity in the late 16th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for … was closely involved in the establishment of the grammar school, and in 1599 obtained a licence to hold in mortmain …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Overview WOODSTOCK lies 8 miles (12 km.) north-west of Oxford on the river Glyme close to the east side of … (place in the woods) 3 may have applied first to a royal hunting lodge established on the edge of Wychwood … Palace, was occupied until the early 18th century by a royal residence, called the king's houses or Woodstock Manor. …