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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charities CHARITIES 68 The charities of Wisbech are very considerable, as is the case with most boroughs of ancient standing. The following date back beyond the … of coals and a quartern loaf each to about 300 poor. Secretary Thurloe gave £150 in 1656 for apprenticing and £50 …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Charters of incorporation CHARTERS OF INCORPORATION Borough of Wisbech Azure represntations of St. Peter and St. Paul or …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… at 20 s. The Walpol fee, now held by another Henry, son of Osbert de Walpol, had also been reduced to 1/12 though the rent of the tenant's 120 acres had in 1251 been increased to 12 s. … In 13023 Osbert de Longchamp was associated with John son of Osbert de Denever in holding of a fee in Wisbech of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Guild of the holy trinity GUILD OF THE HOLY TRINITY The Guild of the Holy Trinity was much the most important of these …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… area comprised by south-east Holland and Norfolk west of the Ouse. It is situated on the Nene about 12 miles from … and its 'fine house built on the church ground by Secretary Thurlow'. 41 William Cole, the Cambridge antiquary, … premises), which probably form the house occupied by Secretary Thurloe's sons, and which were used for the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Later history of the castle LATER HISTORY OF THE CASTLE Secretary John Thurloe, who purchased the manor during the … that the castle had for many years been in a ruinous state. York ( recte Yorke) Place commemo rates the bishop …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the vill to the … Andrews and John Bancks, 59 and later purchased by Secretary Thurloe. 60 At the Restoration it was returned to … 73 b-81 b. B.M. Add. MS. 6165, pp. 272-5. The depressed state of Wisbech revealed by this survey, as compared with …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… is held by prescription. In 1657 John Thurloe, as lord of the manor, was granted a fortnightly market at Wisbech by letters patent. 73 In the 1840's Wisbech was one of the largest if not actually the largest corn market in the … river. 88 Two years later, however, it was in a dangerous state from defective workmanship, and John Lewin, the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held half-yearly, … books for common use in a room over the church porch; Secretary Thurloe contributed eighty-one volumes to the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Officials of the corporation OFFICIALS OF THE CORPORATION The town bailiff, as stated above, first appears as an agent of the Corporation rather than as its presiding member. He …