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A History of the County of Hampshire
… immediately filled up. No man was henceforth to obtain the freedom of the city by gift or purchase; the freemen's roll … but very few of these were likely to take up their freedom. The fees on entry amounted to 8, of which 3 3 s. … London. In 1299 three citizens of Winchester claimed freedom from pontage, pavage, murage and other customs from …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… grant (1190) by Richard I to the tenants of the manor of freedom from toll in all fairs and markets throughout …
A History of the County of Oxford
… leading businessman and as a 'lover of civil and religious freedom'. 423 Conservative voters in the 1860s nevertheless …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wide-ranging liberties within their estates, including freedom from toll, murage, and attendance at shire or hundred … their own court before their own freely elected bailiffs, freedom from attendance at the bishop's court except for the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was similarly remembered as a 'lover of . . . religious freedom'. 24 The same cooperative spirit generally … 1897. 123 In part the Witney group's success reflected its freedom from the factional conflicts which damaged some other …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… of Early Nonconf. ed. G. L. Turner (1911), 1. 55; ii. 737. Freedom After Ejection, ed. A. Gordon (1917), 90. See above …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1628 when he agreed to cast a bell in part payment for his freedom of the borough. 53 He was succeeded by his son … of a migration of Oxford glovers to Woodstock. Its freedom from guild regulations and easier access to rural … 38 for a box in which to present to Viscount Clifden the freedom of the borough; 79 a Garter star for the duke of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that of the medieval guild merchant, was membership or freedom of the guild. In 1584, during a struggle over the … grammar school, and many of the endowed charities. The freedom also incurred burdens, and in 1557 it was ordered … of the oath, for in Woodstock, as elsewhere, men claiming freedom through patrimony were said to do so 'by their …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Lovelace, who had secured his admission to the freedom in 1673. 19 The number of freemen rose from c. 90 in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by the council, and the number of magistrates is 15. The freedom is inherited by the eldest sons of freemen, or …