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A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1209, 6 as Edward III probably did in 1333. 7 George III is said to have passed through on his way to … 1782-97, was also a chaplain to the king and a canon of St. Paul's. 87 Communion was celebrated four times a year in … that communion be celebrated monthly. 93 The church of ST. MARY is built of rubble and uncoursed ashlar and has a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the family chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the right to every fourth presentation, to his friend George Clarke (d. 1736), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. … 1965 the then lord, C. K. F. Brown, gave the advowson to St. Catherine's College, Oxford. In 1984 St. Catherine's transferred the advowson to the Charles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a single day on successive Mondays following the feast of St. Peter and St. Paul (29 June) in the order Oxey, West mead, Pixey. The … livestock, on the Monday following the parish feast day (St. Bartholomew's day, 24 August). 38 Two meadsmen were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £3 from the Fletcher benefaction and £1 from the bishop of St. Asaph, an absentee landowner. 61 An evening school …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were disinclined to invest in Yarnton after 1839, when Sir George Dashwood, 'to prevent strangers coming in', spent … practice of holding fairs on the village feast (24 August, St. Bartholomew's day), 53 and much earlier he had put an end … 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
… Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … view of frankpledge at Yarnton attended by tenants from St. Valery manors in Steeple Barton, Cassington, Hampton Gay, … 'half the labouring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
… with other d'Ivri lands, had become part of the honor of St. Valery, of which it formed one of the five demesne manors. It was held successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and … dissolved in 1536, and in 1538 Henry VIII sold Yarnton to George Owen (d. 1558), his physician. 70 Richard Andrews, who …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… principal monument. Ecclesiastical a(1). Parish Church of St. Leonard (Plate 188) stands in the S. part of the parish. …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… antiquity, was originally designated as the parish of St. Mary; its present name was acquired from the removal of … of Scottish minstrelsy. Among the lakes are the loch of St. Mary and the loch of The Lowes. The former, seven miles … till lately stood the picturesque ruins of the church of St. Mary. There are also several lakes of less importance, …