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A History of the County of Oxford
… chapel and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … closes belonging to the duke of Marlborough. 51 In 1686 Bishop Fell provided a rectory house in Woodstock at his own …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … of Woodstock House. In 1686 the rectory house, later the Bishop's House, was built on the northwest corner of the … built in 1708, and the early 18th-century additions to the Bishop's House (formerly the rectory house); less markedly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … of which one third was reserved for nonconformists. The bishop refused to consecrate the Anglican section unless it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double return in 1640 may not have … former rector and councillor, travelled to Woodstock as bishop of Norwich to vote at an important council election. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted … it is now a distinct perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury, with a net income of 80. The church is … the king's books at 5. 8. 1., and in the patronage of the Bishop of Durham; impropriator of the remainder of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… with the chapelry of Alvington by William de Vere, Bishop of Hereford (1186-98), and the dependence of Alvington … vicars, the earliest named being Abraham c. 1200, 94 the bishop granted the living c. 1253 to William de Agathe as … the manor, was sold in 1872 by Henry, Duke of Beaufort, to S. S. Marling. 5 Sir Percival Scrope Marling presented in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here … Forest of Dean, 78 and the ferry was presumably used by Bishop Richard de Swinfield when he travelled from Woolaston …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater … a former prior of the Carthusian house at Witham and bishop of Killala (Ireland) 1459-61, who in 1480 let his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … have been commuted for 145 payable to the lessee of the Bishop of Chester, and 35. 5. to the vicar. Woolton Priory, … king's books at 7. 12. 6.; net income, 740; patron, the Bishop of Rochester. The church was rebuilt by act of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich … St. Lawrence), Woolwich, stands on rising ground on the S. side of the river. The existing building replaced the … probably on the site of an earlier house, by Anthony Bec, Bishop of Durham, c. 12961311. Parts of the retaining wall of …