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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, acquiring a fair in addition to its … apprenticeship arrangements in the borough; the mayor as clerk of the market had wide powers. 10 The charter of 1453 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part by other … succeeded in September by parliamentarians 79 the town clerk, Edmund Hiorne, was forced to apologize at the Bar of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by … supporter of the ruling group when it evicted the town clerk. 27 From 1585 the corporation was closely involved in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden … to repose in him'. 78 His agent Thomas Walker, also town clerk, kept the freeman body small and the council compliant: …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant by Walter de Clare to Tintern Abbey in … from Woolaston, Aluredston, and Alvington except tithes of the demesne of Alvington, and that in return the abbey should …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne at Madgett. 6 By the late 13th century, shortly before the manor was granted … Pill. Glos. R.O., Q/RF. Ibid. D 1430B/21. Ex inf. the Clerk of the Wye River Authority. Ex inf. Mr. J. Harris. See …
The Environs of London
… how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … inspection of the Navy Board. The resident officers are, a clerk of the Checque; a storekeeper; master-shipwright, and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Woothorpe - Wootton-Wawen Woothorpe WOOTHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of St. Martin, Stamford-Baron, union of Stamford, soke of Peterborough, N. division of the county of Northampton, 6 miles (N. W. by N.) from … aldermen, and twelve capital burgesses, assisted by a town-clerk and subordinate officers. The borough first exercised …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, Worcester and W. divisions of the county, 111 …