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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech … or standing within a double canopy or. (Granted 1929.) The charter of 1549, 45 making Wisbech a corporate borough … appoint a Coroner and a Recorder, and to hold a separate commission of the peace. (5) All clergy, both Anglican and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Introduction WISBECH Wisbech is the largest and only corporate town in the Isle, and the … area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … Sutton had been in progress as far back as 1487, when a commission was appointed to inquire as to the bounds and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Manors MANORS The first authentic reference to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the … above the town. The field of 'Rummere' was exempted from a commission de walliis et fossatis in 1336 ( Cal. Pat. 1334-8, …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Port, Nene outfall, canal PORT, NENE OUTFALL, CANAL The original combined outfall of the Ouse and Nene, by Wisbech, had been diverted along … that of 1236, 8 brought matters to a head, and a special commission was sent to the Fenland by the Privy Council to …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Recusants in the castle RECUSANTS IN THE CASTLE The idea of concentrating Roman Catholic prisoners from various jails … made against Thomas Gray, the keeper of the castle, and a commission was sent to investigate. 54 It was recommended …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Wisbech and the civil war WISBECH AND THE CIVIL WAR The ship money … to the extent that two journeys were made by members of the Corporation 'concerning the King's Majesties … in the town, and in 1640 was dissuaded from attending a Commission of Sewers in the castle. A crowd of soldiers …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and … 147. Census, 1801-1971. A. Fletcher, County Community in Peace and War, 268, 333. V.C.H. Suss. i. 445. e.g. Cal. Inq. …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Meathop and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham … to wit inter alia Wetherslake; Cal. Pat. R, p. 169. 1486 A commission was issued to Richard Tunstall, knt. and another, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR Almshouses The Church Green … 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, … some 417 of stock for charitable purposes, which a Charity Commission investigation that year found was not being used …
A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, … structural change was essential, and in 1877 a Charity Commission Scheme reorganized the school as a 'Second Grade' …