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A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Charities Charities Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1644 Richard Brainthwaite, grandfather of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented … the right to every fourth presentation, to his friend George Clarke (d. 1736), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. … from 1535 to c. 1540, was master of University College. 72 George Blunt, 1544-7, and William Milton, or Gibbon, 1547-64, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… northeast, and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local landlords whose … 30 and 60 a. 68 The gradation was apparent in 1662, when Sir Thomas Spencer was assessed on 22 hearths, three men on 5 … eight on 3 or 4, and thirteen on 1 or 2 hearths. 69 Sir Thomas's death in 1685 ended direct management of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… A rent charge on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir Thomas Spencer (d. 1685) for the maintenance of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the muniments at Blenheim and 'early maps' belonging to Sir Henry Dashwood were consulted without success. 45 The … were disinclined to invest in Yarnton after 1839, when Sir George Dashwood, 'to prevent strangers coming in', spent … in Bodl. 1562 d 23. Thomas was tutor at Eton College to George Spencer- Churchill (d. 1857), later duke of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… people, 'half the labouring poor' in Yarnton, were sold to Sir George Dashwood. 33 Casual relief was given in money and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… dissolved in 1536, and in 1538 Henry VIII sold Yarnton to George Owen (d. 1558), his physician. 70 Richard Andrews, who … by his brother-in-law John Chamberlain, third son of Sir Leonard Chamberlain of Shirburn. 73 John sold it in 1574 … 77 The fourth, that of Constance and her husband, George Marwood, passed to their daughter Jane, wife of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly recusant. 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… in the reign of Bruce was recovered from the English by Sir James Douglas, upon whom, as a reward for his fidelity, … forfeited to the crown, and part of them were granted to Sir Walter Scott, ancestor of the dukes of Buccleuch, in … parish is 11,690. Ashiesteel, the seat of Major General Sir James Russell, K. C. B., is pleasantly situated on the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… in 1869. By the late 15th century the manor had passed to Sir Guy Wolston, and from him it passed to the Earls of … 4th modern. Brass: set in floor slab (7), small plate to George Arney, 1711, with quarterly shield of arms for Arney … (2), of W P. 1695; (3), of J E, 1681. In N. chapel (4), of George Law, 1766, black marble; (5), of Margaret Arney, …