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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Hundred Thorney THORNEY This large parish 1 is of a different type from the others in Wisbech hundred. Its nucleus is an island of … to justify itself; most of the corn used in the ducal household at Woburn, and many of the bullocks, came from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Hundred Tydd St. Giles TYDD ST. GILES Tydd St. Giles, the northernmost parish in Cambridgeshire, is situated 6 miles north of Wisbech. The Shire Drain divides it on the north and west … Salisbury, and William Dudley, Dean of the Chapel of the Household. 40 Richard Laund's heirs held property in Tydd St. …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some … in or before 1376, when John Fowler of Wisbech, with his household and neighbours, were licensed to attend divine …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of … or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Constitutional development of the corporation CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORPORATION At the same meeting in 1568 it was laid …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the … Ibid. 31, 33, 89. Ibid. 35, 37. Ibid. 48. Ibid. 71. The chamberlain was at the same time ordered to make a personal …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the … area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from its present outfall, 94 miles north of London and 40 from Cambridge by road. It is one of a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Manors MANORS The first authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the … 55 Some of these men may have been members of the same household, and some households may not have come within the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town … to the office at a salary of £35, and a new post of chamberlain was created. 4 In 1849 the town clerk's salary …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… POOR RELIEF AND APPRENTICESHIP As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the … charity. 23 This sum was supplemented in the latter part of the 16th century, by weekly collections from householders, …