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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 … other names were derived from the building crafts of mason, carpenter, thatcher, and slater, the metal crafts of smith, ironmonger, and plumber, the textile crafts of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the … supported in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his … visit of the king of Scots. 61 The royal connexion perhaps accounts for the foundation of several small hospitals in the …
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 … a valid election. No chamberlains were appointed, no accounts presented, and no courts held; mayors were elected … in 1633 two collectors were appointed at the corporation's audit day. 49 In 1639, however, collectors for the poor were …
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 … Marlboroughs to settle freemen's bills to pass through his accounts as if government funds, so that the Marlboroughs …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the … by Thomas, Viscount Bindon, out of the ruins of the abbey. Accounts (in D.C.R.O.) dated 1608 from Hugh Hoble for making …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Introduction WOOLASTON WOOLASTON is a parish of scattered hamlets lying midway between Lydney and … shape, it rises from the River Severn to the high ground of Tidenham Chase. The account printed here relates to the … tidal water. 1 The area included Madgett, a detached piece of cultivated land on Tidenham Chase, and a long, narrow neck …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Manor courts were held for Aluredston with assize of ale in the late 13th century, and a hayward was elected. … 66 After Tintern Abbey added Aluredston to its lordship of Woolaston in 1302 the courts were apparently united, but … at Brookend until the late 19th century. 79 Churchwardens' accounts survive from 1763, 80 and surveyors' accounts from …
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. northwest of Bridgwater. The ancient parish was almost rectangular in … two churchwardens and two overseers of the poor but no accounts survive earlier than the 19th century. In 1855 the …
The Environs of London
… relating to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the … p. 371. Hasted's History of Kent, vol. i. Minister's accounts in the Augmentation-office. See vol. iii. p. 424. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… WOOTTON HUNDRED Wootton hundred covered some 70,000 acres of central Oxfordshire, bounded on the east by the river … on the north by its tributary the Swere, and on much of the south by the rivers Thames and Windrush. Part of the western boundary passed through the royal forest of …