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A History of the County of Oxford
… and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local landlords whose inclosing … for the subsidy of 1581 was second only to that of William Spencer. 66 The process was reversed by Spencer after he acquired the manor in 1580, but some …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir Thomas Spencer (d. 1685) for the maintenance of the monuments in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, … paid £4 4 s. a year, and £2 2 s. was provided from the Spencer bequest. Alderman Fletcher had in 1823 given an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… been 'widely scattered up and down on the wastes' when the Spencer estate was divided and sold after 1685. 96 Traces of … dispersal may have begun long before the break-up of the Spencer estate. Any houses on the west side of Church Lane … influence was strengthened by the patronage of the Spencer-Churchill and Dashwood families. 52 He stopped, in 1851, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were all so assessed. 22 Vestry meetings were held in the Spencer aisle of the church and were usually attended by c. 6 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it was bought by William (d. 1609), third son of Sir John Spencer of Althorp. 75 From William Yarnton descended in the … 1718 to Benjamin Swete, formerly army paymaster under John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. 78 Swete devised it on his … Trust. 82 Yarnton Manor was built c. 1611 by Sir Thomas Spencer. The house stood 'near to the old one by the church' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly recusant. 37 The only …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for alienating their estates was reversed, and the elder Spencer created Earl of Winchester. At this parliament the …
Survey of London Monograph
… 3 roses argent (Cary); (2) sable, 2 bars nebuly ermine (Spencer of Spencercombe); (3) France and England quarterly in …
Survey of London
… had married as his third wife, Alice, daughter of Sir John Spencer of Althorpe, and widow of Ferdinando, 5th Earl of …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… and 4 cottages with lands there and in Goole. ** Thomas Spencer, gent. Martin Anne, esq. A third part of the manor of …