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A History of the County of Oxford
… 1534), emphasizing the concentration of wealth in a few hands. In terms of the number of taxpayers Witney ranked much … in his wool and warping houses, blankets 'in the tucker's hands', and debts owed him in London, 57 while the wealthier …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by the 1270s, however, the land was concentrated in the hands of only around 76 burgesses, about a third of the … should probably not be exaggerated. Assarts changed hands frequently, meaning that few such accumulations were …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… century concentration of woollen production into fewer hands, at a relatively small number of specialized sites, … Before blanket production became concentrated in a few hands during the early 19th century, the premises of the many … of rotten old stables into dwellings for his factory hands', charges which he strongly denied, claiming that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… when the bishopric of Salisbury was taken into the king's hands, and he and his successors exercised the patronage …