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A History of the County of Oxford
… substantial townsmen who frequently served as town officers: Leonard Yate (d. 1554) and Robert Temple (d. 1568) … where they could work as deceitfully as before'. 102 Officers, all of them leading blanket-weavers, comprised a … in the 1770s and 1780s arrangements were made with parish officers in Oxford, Standlake, Bicester, and Burford, 131 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the bailiffs arranged for inspection of skins, appointed officers to prevent disturbances at the market, and issued …
A History of the County of Oxford
… may have been a wool hall, 76 and certainly the bishop's officers must have been experienced at collecting, sorting, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 24 Membership fell sharply from around 1800, 25 and though officers were elected until the Company's official closure in … finishing skins. In the 1890s the factory specialized in officers' dress-gloves, waterproof driving-gloves made from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… influence as employers and, through the vestry, as town officers presumably enhanced their local status and … such as Witney feast, when 'divers courtiers and officers . . . sung and drank themselves out of all their … 20 Feb. 1798. Below, local govt. (seignorial jurisdiction: officers). Below, Crawley, local govt. (Witney manor court). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors … to the lord's jurisdiction, administered at first by officers appointed in the borough court, and from the 17th … a claim that that remaining court belonged to the borough officers rather than to the lord was overturned. 21 Sporadic …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and as accommodation for their bailiffs and other officers throughout the Middle Ages. 32 Probably by 1474 and … also mentioned from the 13th century. Accommodation for officers, including warrener's, sergeant's, clerk's, … intro. (social life: Middle Ages). For bailiffs' and other officers' chambers, below. Allen, Mount House, 910; Hyde, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of a bailiff and portreeve, with aletasters and other officers, all of whom are chosen at a court leet held …