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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… appears to have been socially depressed, for it had a high proportion of families rated at one hearth and few at … Parish Church of St. Mary (Fig. 213; Plate 18) stands on high ground at the W. end of the village. It comprises a … buttresses and a low buttress beneath the E. window. The high gable and side parapets are 19th-century and meet …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… the lower archway is a ragged mass of solid masonry 8 ft. high which represents the butt end of the S. wall to the … can be seen below the gable built up later between the high roof to the N. and the lower roof to the S. Woodsford … a Cross and IHS. Barn, to N.E., also of c. 1600, has a high brick plinth, buttressed on the W. side, with some stone …
A History of the County of Oxford
… political manager in Woodstock, complained of the high cost of building the cockpit but recognized its … it may retain an earlier, jettied front. 64 45. Nos. 6-8 High Street The site was bought in 1682 by Robert and Simon … and a canted bay to no. 6 in the late 19th. 46. Nos. 12-14 High Street In 1583 John Phillips of Oxford, draper, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house, later divided, may be identified as nos. 13-17 High Street, whose tenants paid the rent into the 20th … interest free to 4 residents for 6 years, 14 and Richard Nash of Old Woodstock by will proved 1637 left £80, which was … regularly taken up and by 1825 only one £10 sum, part of Nash's gift, had been lost. 18 Reference in 1844 to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to pay the curate's salary the earls of Abingdon, as high stewards, intervened and from 1695 until 1702 paid Meux … mocked as 'the tool of Blenheim'. 22 He complained of the high costs and low rewards of serving Woodstock, although his … two sermons at Christmas and Easter. 69 In 1637 Richard Nash of Old Wood stock left £20 for a Whitsun sermon. 70 From …
A History of the County of Oxford
… plan was already established, with houses on Park Street, High Street, Market Street, and Oxford Street as far north as … the large island of buildings dividing Market Street from High Street had been established: references to houses there … 2 Another tenement on the central island also carried the high quitrent of 1 s. 6 d. and probably both were large early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and their landholdings outside the town were reflected in high subsidy assessments. 95 Richard Andrews (d. 1554), mayor … of a Bicester charity. 4 A Northampton dyer owned a High Street shop in 1500, 5 and in 1499 William Harcourt of … he probably built the surviving Ancient House (no. 20 High Street). 39 The vintners William Rayer (d. 1619) and his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 19th century. 5 The Marlboroughs dominated the borough as high stewards, political and ecclesiastical patrons, and … in the county. 76 The town's friendly societies retained a high membership in the early 19th century 77 and several … c. 1920 chiefly for returning service men; it was at no. 7 High Street until moving in 1976 to no. 44 Oxford Street. 81 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 80 to the corporation, but soon aroused opposition by high-handed and litigious actions. He participated in council … royalist town clerk, Edmund Hiorne, and the appointment as high steward of Lt.-Gen. Charles Fleetwood in 1655, while … the statutory oaths, and making future appointments of high stewards, recorders, and town clerks subject to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (Northants.). 99 Sir Henry Lee became the borough's high steward before 1580 1 and Woodstock was content … from 1604, 3 declined to stand after succeeding Lee as high steward in 1612, being replaced in 1614 by Sir Philip … in Woodstock and gave up the seat only when he became a high court judge. Herbert became high steward of the borough …