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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… ever pray John Boles Watson, manager of the royal theatre at Cheltenham. Ref.110 BA1/1/522/76 (1790) To the worshipful … case before a charitable world, he having five motherless children and being afflicted with a dropsical com- plaint and … your petitioner has a distressed wife and six small infant children all under the age of fourteen years who previous to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… In the time of Edward the confessour this was valued at 3l. when the survey was taken in the conquerours at 7l. In … and consideration of Emme his wife, and of sons (or children,) granted and confirmed by his [breve] writing, his … state sufferings; their great honours and eminent services have been blended at times, with the gall of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… free-man of Gurth, the brother of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and Roger Bigot was steward of it … English and Grammar School there, for the benefit of poor children belonging to that town. The above John Wilde was … to the celebrated Minister of that name. Their eight children were baptized at Stradbrook by a Romish priest from …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… and the West Tower were built early in the 12th century. At the beginning of the 14th century the North Aisle was … embattled parapet of brick, with crocketed pinnacles at the angles. The tower-arch is modern. The N., S. and W. … in large hats, indents of inscription-plate and groups of children, early 17th-century; (2) of civilian in long gown …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1525 and granted Wormingford church to his college at Oxford, and his school at Ipswich. 46 On Wolsey's fall in … piled against the walls. 72 In 1723 there were two Sunday services and communion four times a year. William Tatham … to 40 people. Between Easter and harvest he catechized the children and read lectures to adults on the catechism. 74 A …
A History of the County of Essex
… and 20 a. of meadow. 51 Mixed farming was carried on at Bowdens farm beside the Stour in the 16th century. 52 … neglected. 55 The prioress and nuns still exacted carrying services on foot to and from Wormingford at their manor of Wix c. 1400. 56 In 1086 there was woodland …
A History of the County of Essex
… workhouse in 1789. 8 In 1818 two small schools taught 60 children; 9 neither seems to have continued in 1833. By 1825 … gave a grant towards the building of a new schoolroom at the south-east end of the churchyard c. 1825. 11 By 1833 … by voluntary contributions and pence, from which the children were given clothing. An annual endowment of £10 from …
A History of the County of Essex
… was probably that over the river Stour by the watermill, at the bottom of Church Road, where there is a sand bank in … stopping in Wormingford. 48 From 1920 daily motor bus services operated between Colchester and Sudbury through … There was an annual Whit Monday Fair beside the Crown with children's races, wrestling matches, and stalls selling …
A History of the County of Essex
… Between 1584 and 1634 a leet was held with the court baron at about two-yearly intervals; the number of jurors sworn … fuel, washing, mending, nursing, and burials. Some children were boarded out. Cloth was given to the poor, for … from 2 yd. to 7 yd. each. In 1767 a woman was treated at Guys hos- pital, London, at parish expense. There was a …
A History of the County of Essex
… MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. A manor in Wormingford assessed at 1½ hides and 10 a. was held in 1066 by Godwin and in 1086 … timber by S. J. Tufnell in the mid 20th century and at the same time panelling and other architectural sal- vage … passed with the rest of his pos- sessions to his college at Oxford and school at Ipswich. 15 On Wolsey's fall and …