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A History of the County of Oxford
… as reflected in tolls and stall-rents, seem not always to have mirrored those of the town generally: during the 13th … Standlake in the early 13th century was presumably planned to avoid competition from Witney's market. 6 A second annual … early success 8 neither the market nor fairs seem to have prospered consistently during the 13th century. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… founded borough, despite temporary setbacks, seems to have thrived. Fairs were founded in 1202 and 1231, the … were recorded in the early 15th century, a dyer in 1429 owing debts of 25 to a London skinner. 65 Demand was presumably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its population rising from under 4,000 in the 1930s to over 20,000 by the end of the 20th century. 2 The ancient … from its area in the later Middle Ages. It was increased to 378 a. in 1898, when adjoining built-up areas were … then the borough was counted a civil parish, and from 1895 to 1974 it formed an urban district. 3 Further enlargement of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably to quarries immediately west of the borough; manorial and … probably ochre-tinted render, and the north face of a wing to the rear of No. 62 High Street is rendered in a thick, … wool and cloth worth 95), his net assets after payment of debts came to only 1 13 s. 4 d., and he appears to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and attendance at shire or hundred courts; the right to distrain and to receive fines and forfeited goods usually … levy, and in 1817 the vestry agreed to liquidate existing debts by taking out a loan of 500. 201 The cost of poor … 217 In 1819 the governor was forbidden to contract debts without permission of the guardians, who were to make …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with the first phases of the stone-built manor house to the east, and almost certainly it long predated the … dependent possibly on Bampton. 2 The church was dedicated to St Mary the Virgin by 1485 and possibly by the 1270s, when some borough rents belonged to the mass of the Blessed Virgin. 3 Suggestions by …
A History of the County of Oxford
… questioning Catholic doctrine. Several of the group seem to have been associated with the cloth industry and to have … there was ill feeling after a member absconded to America owing large debts. 125 In 19078 Revd Arthur Martin extended the circuit …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 which might suggest incipient urban or port … economy of Colchester. 21 Between 1381 and 1560 from 20 to 29 Wivenhoe men became Colchester bur- gesses. 22 By the … manor included a deer park, recorded in 1427, which seems to have been in the south-east of the parish extending into …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… principal part of this place. It was afterwards granted to the family of Clare, who gave the manor and church to Tintern Abbey, together with several granges stretching … as lord of the manor, takes place twice a year, at which debts under 40 s. are recoverable. The powers of the county …
A History of the County of Oxford
… evidence for the open fields of Wolvercote, which seem to have been completely reorganized in the later Middle Ages, … ditch in the north end of St. Giles's, Godstow gave to St. Frideswide's its land in St. Clement's parish and at … had been criticized in 1810, was distrained on for unpaid debts, and the Christ Church tenant was unable to pay his …