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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by a visit from James VI. of Scotland, on his route to take possession of the crown of England; he halted here … 86. 11. 8.; and the appropriate for 27. 11. 8., payable to the Chapter of Durham. Woodham-Ferris (St. Mary) … its situation in a thicklywooded district, and the adjunct to its name from the noble family of Ferrers, to whom the …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… W, the wife of Robert W. W denied practising medicine, but admitted giving daffodil roots as a vomit. David Reinolds, … or the case Attitude of the accused confessed Action taken To reappear. Number of crimes 1 7 Sep 1627 Entry Joanna Baily …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… Verdict case not completed 4 Dec 1606 Entry W failed to appear. He was fined £5 in his absence and his arrest was … Attitude of the accused absent Action taken Fined £5 and to be arrested. Verdict guilty Sentence Fined £5 and to be … 1607 Entry W was charged but there were no witnesses. He admitted to having given his own pill Pantalogogon and a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of … 1612 and again in 1724. 79 In 1614 it housed old men and women; a list of doles to the almshouse poor c. 1630 … appartments, usually, by the 1870s, occupied by single women. 84 The corporation sold the almshouses in the early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its original market, 66 but it remained a small community … until the later 18th century. In 1768 only 4050 men and women, earning 8 s.9 s. a week, were said to be employed in … of the craft. In 1695 a smith called Hunt was admitted to the freedom as 'an ingenious man', 83 but the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national reforms, however, provoked a comment in 1838 that … Cornwell, a London skinner born in Woodstock, left £ 300 to provide and support a grammar school and a master, who was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… jurors asserted that New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock … small hospitals in the vicinity: a house for leprous women was mentioned in 1182 and 1232, the leper hospital of … at the Six Bells (later no. 16 Oxford Street). 55 Visiting companies included the Theatre Royal in 1780, and plays were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Local government Local government BOROUGH TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the … burdens, and in 1557 it was ordered that none should be admitted unless able to meet the town's charges, summed up in … a common punishment for minor pilfering, and ducking of women, common in the early 17th century, was still ordered by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent … Exclusion crisis when more than 60 honorary freemen were admitted. 20 Intent on keeping the borough 'solely at his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the Jesuit mission in Oxfordshire. 50 In 1625 three women recusants were fined, and one or two recusants were reported from time to time until Catholic emancipation. 51 By 1930, 52 when … priest. From 1934 until 1945 there was a school next to the church. 54 In 1955 the priest moved to Kidlington …