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Ancient and Historical Monuments in the County of Gloucester
… Yanworth YANWORTH (8 miles N.E. of Cirencester) Disjointed traces of a terrace-way in … and members of the Imperial families: Germanicus (adopted son of Tiberius) 15 B.C.A.D. 19 Claudius I A.D. 4154 Nero … 287293 Allectus 293296 Constantine I 306337 Crispus (son of Constantine) 317326 Constantine II 317340 Constans …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Yapton YAPTON The parish of Yapton 93 lies on the coastal plain south-west of Arundel … relative William le Moyne (fl. 1326), 5 and Edward de St. John 'the nephew' (fl. 1341-6). 6 The descent is then lost … by 1750. 15 He was succeeded at his death in 1774 by his son Sir William (d. 1777), whose nephew and heir George White …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… the most important in the Dictionary Archive being a unit of linear measure that largely replaced the ELL. This old … 3 FOOT long, though sometimes by custom for some TEXTILEs of 37 inches. The term appears in all sections of the … of cloth. Until the invention of the 'Flying Shuttle' by John Kay [Patents (1733)], it required more than one weaver …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… (O.S. 6 in. XXXIV, N.E.) Yarkhill is a parish 7 m. E.N.E. of Hereford. The church is the principal monument. Capler … of Woolhope. Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. John the Baptist stands in the S. part of the parish. The … enriched. Fittings Bells: four; 1st, 2nd and 3rd by John Martin, 1671; 4th by John Finch, 1636. Chest: of …
A History of the County of Somerset
… Yarlington YARLINGTON Yarlington in 1838 The parish of Yarlington, the derivation of whose name is uncertain, 73 … fined for their involvement in the 1497 rebellion. 5 King John probably visited Yarlington in 1209, 6 as Edward III … Mortain, in 1086. 10 The fee probably passed to Robert's son William who forfeited his estates in 1106. 11 By 1166 it …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … in 1566, but by 1579 the advowson had been bought by John Durant, lord of the manor, 51 and it descended with the … time that the chapel and tower were built. Sir Thomas's son Sir William built in 1634 a screen at the tower entrance, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … farm, received the highest assessment ( £7), followed by John Cocks ( £5), another Rewley tenant, and Richard Dalby ( … created, including that bought by Henry Irish, 65 whose son John's assessment for the subsidy of 1581 was second only …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Education Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept small private schools at the … in existence by 1780, 51 may have been the precursor of a Sunday school established in 1783. 52 The latter was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … (d. 1672) 27 and another, in the late 17th century, by John Follett, tenant of a house in Mead Lane, just south-east … principal victims Sir William Spencer of Yarnton. 41 His son, Sir Thomas, kept lordly state at Yarnton Manor, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … successively by Reynold of St. Valery (d. c. 1162), his son Bernard (d. 1191), and Bernard's son Thomas (d. 1219). … 72 who by 1570 had been succeeded by his brother-in-law John Chamberlain, third son of Sir Leonard Chamberlain of …