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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was … chapel contained chapels of St. Mary the Virgin and St. Margaret, 73 and before the Reformation there were lights or … rents of 15 s. 8 d. 56 By 1463 there was a chapel of St. Margaret in Woodstock chapel. 57 Thomas Croft (d. 1488), a …
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 … from 1496, acquired large houses in the town, and in 15234 Margaret Whitehill, widow, was assessed on goods worth 20. 94 … duke of Marlborough cost 50 gn., and a 2 oz. chain sold in France for 170. 80 The craft's introduction to Woodstock was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national … and in 1825 it was said that the late Mrs. Pryse, probably Margaret Pryse of Woodstock House (d. 1798), had doubled that …
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 but in 1553 the borough again provided …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… (O.S. 6 in. II S.E.). Woodstone is a parish on the S. side of the Nene. The northern part forms a suburb of and is annexed to the borough of Peterborough. Roman (1). Remains of huts, with pottery, …
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 … the poor c. 1547 from land left for obits. 23 Richard and Margaret Clayton gave an annuity of 20 s. for the poor and 2 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Education EDUCATION. Margaret Clayton established a charity in 1616 for schooling four poor children of Woolaston, 98 and a master was paid out of the charity funds in 1683. 99 In 1781 the vestry resolved …
A History of the County of Somerset
… from a Saxon personal name, 5 lies on the northern slope of the Polden ridge near its western end. It is 6 km. … Joan held dower, John who held the estate with his wife Margaret until 1419 and is said to have died childless or to … with the priory about its extent. 12 During the wars with France the Crown took possession and it was farmed out. 13 In …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 miles from north to south, with an average … near Midhurst to the bridge of Sheete in Hampshire'. 27 Margaret, granddaughter of Edmund Gray, married Sir John …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… S.W.) Woolhope is a parish and small village 7 m. S.E. of Hereford. The church and Capler Camp are the principal monuments. Ecclesiastical b(1). Parish Church of St. George stands near the middle of the parish. The walls … Powell, 1665; (2) to . . . inlan (?) Warne, 1678; (3) to Margaret, wife of Anthony Barnet, 1662 (?); (4) to Beatrice, …