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A History of the County of Oxford
… concerned in the Blenheim building works as receiver general of taxes in Oxfordshire. 80 In 1708 the corporation … Fryer, owner c. 1809, 39 was succeeded in 1815 by the attorney and alderman J. V. Harrison, 40 who lived there …
A History of the County of Oxford
… early 20th century for c. £80, which was invested for the general use of the poor. 85 The buildings survive as nos. … charity, frequently augmented by the corporation from the general fund. By 1909 it was yielding only £7 10 s. 23 The … 19th century the corporation merged charitable funds with general income and expenditure, 25 its administration of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were not introduced until machine stitching became general in the later 19th century. 25 Most 18th-century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a tailor, a smith, a cabinet maker and auctioneer, and an attorney and banker. 4 The Hodgkinson family of drapers, … in the town. 15 Joseph Brooks, mayor in 1794, was an attorney, agent to the duke of Marlborough, and a founding … 73 In 1830 the shops included 5 grocers and tea dealers, 5 general shops, 4 drapers and a haberdasher, 3 stationers (one …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (1608-32) seems to have been a lawyer serving regularly as attorney in the town's courts; 7 Thomas Widdowes (1646-53) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1575 and to discourage visitors on other occasions; 68 in general, however, Woodstock was regarded as healthy, for two …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and profits in the early 17th century. 98 In the 1580s the attorney general claimed arrears of 466 13 s. 4 d. for the fee farm, a … controversial replacement of a town clerk was made at a 'general court day'. 27 Even so the council steadily increased …