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A History of the County of Berkshire
… it to his successor. In 1323 there was an inquiry into a plot to seize Windsor Castle, the Tower of London, and other … household. 133 In February 1405 there was yet another plot. Constance Countess of Gloucester obtained access to the … 360 During the latter part of this visit a supposed plot to assassinate the king at Windsor by three Irishmen and …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… also the General Baptist Academy. 97 Three years later a plot of land in Crescent Passage was purchased for a burial …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… others convey to Thomas Sill in fee "all that Island or plot of ground called Holme Island or Holme-uponthe-Sands in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… so closely associated with blanket manufacture. Robert Plot, describing the industry in 1677, mentioned only the … experienced varied fortunes during the later 17th century. Plot implied temporary disruption to the North American trade … 'housewivery', spinning, and carding. 79 In 1677 Robert Plot estimated that the Witney industry employed at least …
A History of the County of Oxford
… tenure, most commonly paying 6 d. rent for a house and plot, although by the 1270s some house rents varied from as … Woollen Ind.', Geographical Jnl. 90 (1937), 361; cf. R. Plot, Nat. Hist. Oxon. (1677), 27880, emphasizing the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… usually in the manor court, 23 and as late as 1802 a house-plot south of the street was said to lie 'in Curbridge'. 24 … a tenant paid 1 d. rent increase for a presumably vacant 'plot' adjoining his forge. 138 Most houses mentioned had … throughout the town. The commonest rent for a house and plot, around 37 per cent of the total, was then 6 d., perhaps …
A History of the County of Oxford
… vol. 2, no. 3 (1985), 779. Godson, Witney Map (181416), plot 609; ORO, Curbridge tithe map, no. 286; for Salmon, PRO, …