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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
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal … by the duke and sold to members of the Oxford Co-operative Society under a joint scheme. 37 Pullman's glove factory was …
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 … (d. 1841), mayor and surgeon, was a fellow of the Linnaean Society and his son George was a medical practitioner in …
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 … until 1809. 70 The Woodstock Florists' and Horticultural Society, founded in 1825, held annual shows recorded until … until the 1930s, held annual shows. 75 Woodstock Provident Society, founded in 1781 at the Old Angel inn, claimed to be …
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 one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose … borough and its inhabitants free burgesses with a guild merchant and the same liberties and customs as New Windsor. …
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 History of the County of Oxford
… was a registered meeting, probably Baptist, at the house of Samuel Wise, an Old Woodstock farmer, but in 1738 the … soldiers, broke up the meeting and stoned Hinton out of town as a Jacobin. Hinton tried again in 1819 and was … the morning and 130 in the evening. 72 Soon afterwards the society was split by the secession of Wesleyan Reformers; …
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 … on extensively. There are places of worship for the Society of Friends, and Unitarians. Wooler (St. Mary) WOOLER … 7. 3. 11., and in the gift of the Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol: the great tithes have been commuted for 281, and the …