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A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … time, and from whom jurors, town bailiffs, and members of parliament were usually drawn. 265 How far such townsmen …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … 2 the same year, however, he received royal confirmations of Forest and other rights, and most franchises seem to have … Representation Witney borough was represented in parliament only five times between 1305 and 1330, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … likely, the earliest unequivocal evidence is the survival of blocked, single-splayed windows of late 11th- or early … of Witney, gave a small statue of the Virgin in coloured mirror-glass, displayed in the south transept. 202 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM Despite hints of religious conservatism in the mid 16th century, there is no evidence of a strong recusant tradition in the town either then or … the Roman Catholic Thomas Stonor, encouraged to stand for parliament by several leading townsmen, was nevertheless …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 96 SW) The parish, covering around 1145 hectares, lies S. of Wellingborough between the R. Nene which forms its N.W. … above OD, partly floored by clay but with extensive areas of river gravel and alluvium near the Nene. The parish is … The common fields of the parish were enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1778 (VCH Northants., IV (1937), 58; NRO, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county of Gloucester, 5 miles … town was constituted a borough to return two members to parliament, to be elected by the 10 householders of a …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the … This gentleman also before his brother's death served in Parliament for this County. He died in 1758, and was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Roger d'Ivri held WOLVERCOTE in 1086, and Godfrey held of him. 61 There is no further record of the under-tenancy, and d'Ivri's successors probably held … grandfather of William Lenthall, Speaker of the Long Parliament. 77 Between 1611 and 1625 Lenthall's grandson John …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Oct., 1635, aged 18. [ 5] Woodbridge, Benjamin of Wilts, sacerd. Magdalen Hall, matric. 9 Nov., 1638, aged … 1601, to April, 1603, pardoned by the queen, restored by parliament 21 July, 1603, K.G. 1603, captain of the isle of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… a SP 64 NW, b SP 65 SW) The modern parish, formerly part of Blakesley, contains the site and lands of the deserted village of Kirby (1) as well as the existing … The common fields of Woodend were enclosed by an Act of Parliament of 1788. Ridge-and-furrow of these fields exists …