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A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … wall. From 1764 to 1786 the house was a public house, the Crown, later the Cow; in the early 19th century it was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal bailiff had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and perquisites of court, infangthief and outfangthief, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. riding of York, 4 miles …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Churches CHURCHES. During the Middle Ages St. Leonard's priory presumably served the … bishop's ordinary jurisdiction. 50 It was evidently in the Crown's patronage until the earlier 17th century. Probably … Francis Charlton still owed the Crown the 'king's rent' of £2 6 s. 8 d. for the maintenance of a minister, 51 but …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… Wombridge Growth of settlement GROWTH OF SETTLEMENT. The original endowment of St. Leonard's priory seems to have … the north-eastern part of Ketley township. 92 In 1318 the Crown confirmed 30 a. of assarts to the priory. 93 By the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… William Abbot for 21 years. In 1539 James Leveson bought the reversion and fee of Abbot's leasehold lands from the Crown. 89 Leveson bought more of the priory lands at …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… N.W.). Wood Walton is a parish and village, 6 m. N.N.W. of Huntingdon. The church and Castle Hill are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Andrew stands nearly 1 m. N.N.W. of the village. The …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., … for nonconformity, chaplain to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., … but re-created 22 June, 1660, a judge of common pleas 1654-60, baron of the exchequer 1670, and knighted 28 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Mary) WOODCHESTER ( St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Stroud, hundred of Longtree, E. division of the … The living is a discharged vicarage, in the gift of the Crown, valued in the king's books at 6. 10., and returned …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY: Agriculture. The details of the estate held by Edward, sheriff of Wiltshire, in 1086 … Acreage Returns, 1901. Dom. Bk. (Rec. Com.), i. 170v. Pleas of the Crown for Glos. ed. Maitland, p. 53. S.C. …