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A History of the County of Essex
… by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope … 24 Robert Wright (15891619), later bishop successively of Bristol and of Lichfield and Coventry, was non-resident; … alabaster monument to Rowland Elrington, haberdasher and merchant adventurer of London (d. 1595) in the south aisle, a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WOODMANCOTE was held in 1066 by Countess Guda, and in 1086 of William de Braose by William son of Rannulf, 35 who also … son Jacob 60 (fl. 1680). 61 In 1693 Walter West, a London merchant, sold the manor to Thomas Dennett 62 (d. 1705), from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the … their arrangement was partly topographical, as was that of the late 18th-century land tax assessments and the census … 57 43. No. 7 Market Place The site was held by a Bicester merchant William Dister (d. 1520), 58 and was given by John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was … Margaret in Woodstock chapel. 57 Thomas Croft (d. 1488), a merchant and royal servant who shared with his brother … in Woodstock, in several Oxfordshire villages, and in Bristol to maintain a chaplain to serve daily in St. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … a Woodstock man who was neither a woollen nor a staple merchant was reported for buying large quantities of wool … of Woodstock manor, had commercial interests in London, Bristol, Gloucester, Hereford, Oxford, and Aylesbury, and he …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … borough and its inhabitants free burgesses with a guild merchant and the same liberties and customs as New Windsor. … constitution, derived from that of the medieval guild merchant, was membership or freedom of the guild. In 1584, …
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 of representation 88 … person', 93 and the Tory Sir John Gladstone, a Liverpool merchant, was returned unopposed with a rich Whig, James …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Matthew) WOOKEY ( St. Matthew), a parish, in the union of Wells, hundred of Wells-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (W.) from … 7. 3. 11., and in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol: the great tithes have been commuted for 281, and the …
A Dictionary of London
… Wool Quay - Wormwood Street Wool Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," … M. Ft of Fmes, II. 75). No later mention. It was a wool merchant's sign. Woolsack Alley See Cutler Street. Worcester …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Charities CHARITIES. A distribution to the poor of corn from Woolaston Grange was said to have been made from the time of the foundation of Tintern Abbey. 17 No dole was made after … in bread on Good Friday c. 1958. 25 Thomas James of Bristol gave £100 in 1618 26 which was to be lent by the …