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A History of the County of Oxford
… (1658- 93), Benjamin Johnson, mercer (1693-1715), and Edward Ryves, town clerk, seem to have sublet the inn, and it … Brown became innkeeper, the George prospered; in 1738 Edward Harley, earl of Oxford, found it 'a very good house'. … and no. 34 Oxford Street. The tenant 11/1512. 1804-27, Edward Wells, and his partner Edward Gardner, were noted for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on St. Thomas's day derived from bequests of £5 each from Edward Johnson (1673), Benjamin Merrick (1675), and … (d. 1691) presumably in his lifetime gave £10, 7 and Edward Fennimore in 1700 and Sir Thomas Crispe in 1714 each …
A History of the County of Oxford
… alleged in 1724 that the rectory house, while occupied by Edward Strong, principal mason in the first stage of the … October, and only rarely were sermons given by the rector, Edward Evans, although he was probably the noted Oxford … in the schoolroom without permission. 31 His successor, Edward Geare, was a vigorous evangelical at odds with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In the 18th century Park Street became fashionable: there Edward Ryves, town clerk, built the house later Barclay's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Grace, Johnson's niece and beneficiary, later married Edward Ryves, town clerk, whose career as a prosperous lawyer … prosperous aldermen, kept the Bear inn; a later landlord, Edward Fennymore (d. 1700), maltster, made bequests of c. … behind no. 14 Oxford Street by 1683. 46 The ironmonger Edward Silver (d. 1684) and the mercer Benjamin Johnson (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in a dispute over wool buying with the Crown patentee Sir Edward Hoby 17 but otherwise seem to have been of little … new charter by quo warranto, obtained by a faction led by Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon, and Sir William Fleetwood, … was rarely used to introduce political partisans. In 1763 Edward, duke of York, received a record of his admission in a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the royalists Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton (d. 1685) and Edward Atkyns of Hensington, a borough magistrate since 1656, … of 1664 against a challenge in 1667 from Fleetwood and Edward Hyde, earl of Clarendon; Clarendon, briefly steward of … he was evicted in 1679 in favour of the king's son-in-law Edward Henry Lee, earl of Lichfield. 25 The earl was a minor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… preached at Woodstock in the late 1660s, 55 and in 1672 Edward Miles and William Metcalfe applied for meeting-house licences. Edward Wilsden was presented in 1675 for holding meetings on …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Hewelsfield, and St. Briavels conveyed to Thomas James by Edward Shere and others in 1583 87 was possibly the watermill …