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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of … situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place … The living is a discharged rectory, united to that of West Stow, and valued in the king's books at 7. 7. 3.: the tithes …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… [...ance?], losse and anoyance, of soe manye of the sayd parishe as [ha...?] [illegible] [illegible] … [illegible] tratours and in due execution of justice and [on?] her majesties [lawe...?] [illegible] [illegible] the … she alleadgeth). Wherefore our humble desier is that it wold please your good worshippes to release the saied …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1600s Ellioner Reeve. Ref.110 BA1/1/16/29 (1601) To the right reverend father in God the Lord Bushopp and others … for viii pence a weeke. And was so paid by the space of on yere and more and then departed the cuntry. So the said … your worshipps so much to ease the whole countrey we wold willingly remove him and such factious vipers from us, …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Baylyes, two poor children. Ref.110 BA1/1/11/30 (1611) The humble petition of John Baylyes and Isabell Baylyes twoe … Baylyes [illegible] widow their mother havinge goodes to the value of x pounds or theraboutes was about xvi monethes … both be well placed and releeved yf the said Hornyblow wold allow unto them goodes to the value of iiii pounds forth …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… 1617 Phillippe Wilkes. Ref.110 BA1/1/27/71 (1617) To the right worshipfull, the Kinges majesties justices of the … why they will not paye An overseer of the poor of Longdon on behalf of William Taylor. Ref.110 BA1/1/27/78 (1617) … acres de terris mensurandis accordinge to the statute) wold be otherwise overthrowne, and the parish charged to …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1619 The poor prisoners of the castle of Worcester. Ref.110 … shold be inforced to lye longer in this miserable place, wold unchristianlike be starved to death with hunger cold and … youre worships at the laste sessions of the peace, beinge on the seconde day of June laste paste that Tredington home …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wothersome - Wrayton Wothersome WOTHERSOME, a township, in the parish of Bardsey, Lower division of the wapentake of … considerable woods of oak, ash, beech, hazel, and birch. On the summit of Leith Hill, which is the highest in the … and a fair, granted in the 7th of Queen Anne, is kept on the Wednesday before the festival of St. John the Baptist, …
A Dictionary of London
… Wrestlers (The) - Wynwharf Wrestlers (The) "Mesuagio brasineo" called … Court "in Strype, 1755 and Boyle. Had houses only on the west side, the eastern side being the back side of … name: "Clark's Alley" (O. and M. 1677-Boyle, 1799). In Stow's time there was a house called the "Wrestlers" against …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wyke - Wyvill Wyke WYKE, a tything, in the parish, union, and hundred of Axminster, Honiton and … abounds in coal and ironstone; the mines are let on lease to the Low-Moor Iron Company by Miss Currer, and T. … of Hartismere, W. division of Suffolk, 7 miles (N.) from Stow-Market; containing 348 inhabitants, and consisting of …