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A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … and ale seems sometimes to have been enforced by the royal justices, for reasons which are not clear. 29 Total income …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … attended a meeting at Alvescot which was broken up by the justices. In 1682, after the churchwardens again reported …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. … town-clerk; the alderman, high steward, and recorder are justices of the peace, with exclusive jurisdiction. The …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles … 64-9. V.C.H. Essex, iv. 227; v. 212; Essex Sessions of the Peace, ed. E. C. Furber, 17-18; Morant, Essex, i. 407; ii. …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT From 1246 the lords of Wivenhoe manor were entitled to free warren in their … relief was between c. £5 and £7 a year. 53 In 1692 the justices ordered that the poor be badged and in 1701 that …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES The manor of WIVENHOE was an estate of 5 hides less 15 a. held in 1066 … St. John of Jerusalem, p. 35. Pleas before King or his Justices, iv (Selden Soc. lxxxiv), P. 33. Cal. Chart. R. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … shortly to apply for a separate commission of the peace. The powers of the county debt-court of Wolverhampton, …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… WOLLATON, OLAVESTON. In Olaveston (through corruption of speech now called Wollaton) there was of William Peverells fee of a Mannor which defore the Conquest Vlsi had, who paid for it to the Dane-geld after …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction WOLVERCOTE, an ancient parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the … long barrow. It was destroyed c. 1261 on the orders of the justices. 91 The place name Wolvercote, Wulfgar's cottage or …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wombleton - Woodbury Wombleton WOMBLETON, a township, in the parish of Kirkdale, union of Helmsley, wapentake of Ryedale, N. … infantry; but they were pulled down on the restoration of peace. The trade mainly consists in the exportation of corn, …