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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was the direct ancestor of the Corporation. It is reputed to have originated in 1379, the year of the earliest … is not entered regularly, but the membership, of men and women, seems to have remained fairly constant. Thus in 1453 … on the feast day; he was entitled to demand wax of newly admitted members for this purpose. 8 The clerk, though …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… road. It is one of a series of settlements spaced at two- to three-mile intervals along the landward side of the 'Roman … Bank' 1 which runs around the edge of the Wash from Lynn to Boston and beyond. Like all these settlements the parish … Stream, which divided Wisbech from Walsoken in Norfolk, to the far end of Wisbech High Fen beyond Guyhirn, where the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… March, and Whittlesey, Wisbech ranked second only to Wakefield among the English corn markets. 75 There are now … Mondays and for general produce on Saturdays. 76 The right to hold a fair on the vigil, feast, and morrow of Trinity, and the nineteen days following, was granted to Bishop Hotham in 1327. 77 This fair had changed slightly …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… second meeting of the County Council (21 February 1889) 17 to hold meetings at March, Wisbech, and Ely in rotation, was … of £5,901. In 1904 there were 1,304 members, 376 of them women. During 1912, 15,636 books were issued from the … the redevelopment of the castle estate. 57 It was used by companies from Lincoln and Norwich for about fifty years, and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… As in some other towns the relief of the poor fell not to the churchwardens but to the Corporation, who had in any … incapable of work, the sick, aged, and very young were not admitted. The inmates averaged about 80. Children were admitted when 'big enough to read' and were taught to write …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1572, when the Privy Council asked the Bishop of Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle for this … Servants were allowed to be kept, visitors to be admitted, friends to send in food. Priests were allowed to go … from London to Wisbech in March 1588, and six more were admitted in October ( Acts of P.C. 1588, 4, 317). T. G. Law, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… reference in the Archdeacon's Visitation Book of 1581-3 69 to a certain Mr. Belson of Wisbech St. Peter, who had become … 50 boys at school, who had 'caps and bands &c. given them, to distinguish them from other children', and in 1710, when a … an average attendance of about 240 boys. In 1814 31 were admitted and 32 left. In the same year 230 were 'learning …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 65 John Crane (1572-1652), apothecary, a great benefactor to the town; William Godwin the elder (1756-1836), author of … James Pegge ( fl. 1832-46), the first Baptist missionary to India; and Octavia Hill (1838-1912), the housing reformer and philanthropist. 66 Other notable men and women connected with the town are Jane Stuart (d. 1745), said …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… Male Primary occupation medical physician (MD) (Physician to Barts 1555) Period of medical practice 1555-1599 Place of … agreed that the humble petition of Gregory Wisedom to be admitted as a Licentiate should be allowed and that he should … 1582 Entry 'It was decided that Gregory Wisedom should be admitted a Licentiate and that he should pay the College £5 …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… representative of the line, when it was sold by her heirs to William Thornburgh of Hampsfell, esq., who purchased … the freeholding owners, under a free rent of 16d. payable to William earl of Derby. Two messuages in Ulpha, subject to a freehold rent of 8d. were probably acquired from the …