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A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … the internal affairs of the corporation, notably the swearing of freemen, the enrolment of apprentices, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … the duchess's reprisals after a reverse in 1721 included banning 'enemies' from the park, denying them the traditional …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Elizabeths tyme, in which service hee was crewelly wounded and hurt and afterwardes had a pencion in this county the space of six yeares which is now taken from him and of late his greevous woundes and hurtes doe rebell and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Quarter Sessions: 1680s The minister, churchwardens and other inhabitants of Tenbury. Ref.110 BA1/1/136/24 (1680) … the fifth day of October, one thousand six hundred and eighty Whereas your worships have been pleased at some … Gowers or Happes, there are frequently great disorders, swearing and blaspheming, drunkenesse and revelling, day and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Sheweth That your peticioner is a protestant dissenter and that a licence was granted by this court at Easter sessions 1739 allowing and appointing your peticioner's dwelling house in the town … standing at the corner of Ednell [illegible] Lane there and late in the possession of John Freeman and John Williams …
Charters and Documents relating to the City of Glasgow 1175-1649
… William, by divine mercy Bishop of Glasgow, with consent and assent of our chapter, to you the Rector of the University of Glasgow, the doctors, masters, and other supposts of the same university, will, give and grant in the first place that ye have free power of …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … a yard, was the equivalent of the rod, perch or pole and consisted of 16½ FOOT. OED earliest date of use: 1377 for … of measure was the nautical term for a comparatively long and slender WOODEN - SPAR hung at its centre in front of a …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Mary), a parish, in the hundred of Stodden, union and county of Bedford, 4 miles (E.) from Higham-Ferrers; … comprises 1912 acres, of which 836 are arable, 800 meadow and pasture, 10 woodland, and 177 common, roads, and waste. … might enter with safety, he took up his abode here, after swearing to a priest who met him on his entrance, to treat …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Zoology Molluscs and Insects ZOOLOGY MOLLUSCS NON-MARINE Favoured in its situation and the quality of its soil, the county of Somerset yields a … Islands no less than 112 have been found in the county, and possibly one or two more may yet be added, such for …