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A History of the County of Oxford
… ½ hide held by Ilbert de Lacy of the bishop of Bayeux's gift, a 'parcel' held by Walter son of Ponz, unspecified … thirds of his demesne tithes of Bampton to the chapel of St. George in Oxford castle, from which they passed to Osney … (d. 1509), and to Arthur's sister Joan and her husband James Saunders or Standish (d. 1557). 96 They seem to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted to Osney abbey c. 1170 descended with the abbey's estate in Lew, and are treated below. 15 The Hospitallers … their preceptory at Clanfield, by 1279, when they owed 40 s. a year and suit of court to the lord of Bampton Earls. 16 … commissioner of the peace. 20 Following Nicholas Laundels's death his lands passed to his relict Eleanor and her second …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hundreds may have been reflected in the later hundred's division into east and west parts, each of which accounted … of the Berkshire hundred of Faringdon, though Langford's hamlets of Grafton and Radcot remained in Oxfordshire and in Bampton hundred. Widford, owned by St. Oswald's priory in Gloucester, belonged in 1086 to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… are described elsewhere in this volume. The Hospital of St. John the Baptist, founded early in the 13th century, 1 stood just outside South Bar or St. John's Bar. The only record of its buildings, which were … his will of 1665 as lately built and in the occupation of James West, mercer. 27 It was certainly in the hands of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Forest, Prebendary of Banbury (d. 1446), bequeathed 66 13 s. 4 d. for 20 years to support 4 persons 'in my almshouse at … rate of 4 d. a week. 1 In 1448 the newly founded guild of St. Mary was authorized to hold property worth 100 marks a … gave the interest of 100 to be disposed of annually on St. Thomas's Day among the poor of Banbury, and the interest …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 11856, when the rectory or prebend was in the king's hands during a vacancy, it yielded 6 11 s. 10 d. 5 In 1254 … a great barn and several other properties, one of which (St. Sunday's) 17 was said to be formerly the site of the … the nave. 180 Further advice was taken from the architects James Wyatt and S. P. Cockerell, as a result of which it was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the lordship Neithrop and Calthorpe' covered only Neithrop's fields and indeed stated that one furlong adjoined … fairs a year, with court of pie powder, on the feasts of St. Peter ad Vincula and St. Luke and the eve and morrow of … for the future was the iron foundry established by James Gardner for the manufacture of machines of his own …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a religious body. The earliest known school in Banbury was St. John's Hospital school, founded at the end of the 15th century and … and fresh drawings prepared by George Cottam and James Danby, committee members. Danby's plans survive. They …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wells. 17 A well on the west side of the town, known as St. Stephen's Well, may have been regarded as a holy well. 18 The town … Compton, Earl of Northampton (16423), 81 and his sons, James Compton, Earl of Northampton (16435), 82 and Sir …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was closely linked with the administration of the bishop's estate, of which Banbury was the centre. By 1279 the … establishment in the 15th century of the wealthy guild of St. Mary, although it was in origin a purely religious body, … the charters of 1554 and 1608 was never enrolled and under James II's proclamation of 1688 Banbury resumed its ancient …