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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… built of stone, are generally large and handsome. Glove-making is the principal branch of trade, and although …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the borough chamberlains and later the church-wardens were making an annual payment to the Bladon churchwardens, usually … provided a rectory house in Woodstock at his own cost, making the corporation trustees of the freehold. 52 The site, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and fairs in that year was followed by an Act in 1576 making Woodstock a staple town. George Whitton, alderman and … maltsters, and braziers. 49 Among 17th-century craftsmen making wills but failing to become councillors were builders, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… influenced the town's later history. 71 An Act of 1576 making Woodstock a staple town briefly stimulated the local …
A History of the County of Oxford
… officers, requiring all to swear the statutory oaths, and making future appointments of high stewards, recorders, and … 1580 the number of common councillors was fixed at 20, 17 making up a council which included perhaps a third of the … the portmoot. 99 He was responsible for serving summonses, making arrests, and maintaining the prison and punitive …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1727, assuring the duchess of continued support while making play of his imminent arrest for debt, and John Tasker, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Accounts (in D.C.R.O.) dated 1608 from Hugh Hoble for making and Snoock and Baskom for setting stone-mullioned …