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A History of the County of Oxford
… were for distribution in bread or beef, while Joan Green (fl. 1640) specified 12 d. doles to widows, and John Smith (d. … on good security, for a 2 s. fee. 43 Elizabeth Clempson ( fl. 1628) of Abingdon ( then Berks.): by lifetime gift before … to one poor man of the town for 2 years. William Gunn ( fl. 1628) of London, wine-porter: by lifetime gift before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Colliers of Witney, perhaps the clothier John Collier (fl. 156594), sold 30 blankets to the earl of Leicester, then … coverings or clothing were mentioned in a poem by John Gay, implying that they were widely known. 39 In large part …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town; among them may have been the young Thomas of Witney (fl. 1300), an influential master mason who later worked at … woolmen in the early 15th century included John Hood (fl. 141234), a subsidy commissioner and possibly a merchant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house) formerly owned by the clothier Thomas Randall (fl. 1695). 244 Other inns occupied plots created more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… one 'Mr Piesley', possibly the clothier Richard Peisley (fl. 1640). 322 The town as a whole was neither staunchly … 12022; the weaver was brother of Barth. Steer of Hampton Gay, the rising's chief instigator. For inclosure, below, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Witney (appointed in 1262), Richard the chaplain (fl. 1279), possibly the same as Richard Lambert who resigned in 1306, and Richard Dormer (fl. 1330s); of those, Lambert belonged to a prominent family …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1 Eighteenth-century shipbuilders included Will- iam King (fl. 1722), and Austin Stanley who was operating from a …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… one c 1982. The earliest known ministers, Richard Wood (fl. 1609-16) and one Holmes (before 1693), lived in the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… companies included the Hollinswood Iron Works (fl. 1856), 75 perhaps the predecessor of the Eagle Iron Co. (fl. 1870-91) that produced shovels in West Street, St. … 1891 and were perhaps succeeded by the Nitram Foundry Co. (fl. 1909-26). 77 The Shropshire Iron Co.'s works in Hadley …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… 1177 the manor was held by Robert son of Humphrey (perhaps fl. since c. 1140), 62 father of Stephen de Camoys (d. 1198), … belonged to a junior branch of the de Veres: in 1290 Hugh (fl. to c. 1302 or later), 30 and in 1316 Thomas. 31 By 1327 … until 1248 or later, 33 and then by John de Beauchamp (fl. 1260s to c. 1302), probably his son. 34 The earl had …