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A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were … 1609 and later let to trandesman. 55 It was the New Angel inn by the 1760s 56 and was still so in 1856 when the lease … its quitrent of 1½ d. as that occupied in 1598 by Thomas Abbott and owned from the mid 17th century until the mid 18th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … which places them immediately west of the former Mermaid inn (no. 74 Oxford Street): above, Bldgs. no. 8. O.R.O., MS. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … in an agreement with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, … other houses or shops in Woodstock, including the George inn, and houses or land in Old Woodstock, Woodeaton, South …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … usually Blackhall Lane, from Black Hall, later the Star inn, at its corner. Its later name came from Alderman Thomas …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … in Oxfordshire and Bristol. 92 In 1468 he held the George inn and two other Woodstock houses, later acquiring more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … was attributed to the landlord of the King's Head inn who c. 1760 started a two-wheeled chaise service, soon … ed. W. Writings and Speeches of O. Cromwell, ed. W. C. Abbott, i. 343; Royalist Ordnance Pps. ii (O.R.S. xlix,) 357. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … dictating 9 o'clock closure with the boast that at his inn (the Bull) there would be piping and dancing 'at 1 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double return in 1640 may not have … of rights during the Interregnum. 92 Certainly freemen's rights were accepted after the Restoration except when the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the patronage of the Subdean of Wells, valued in the king's books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted … WOOLBOROUGH ( St. James), a parish, in the union of Newton-Abbott, hundred of Haytor, Teignbridge and S. divisions of … W.) from Teignmouth; containing, with the town of Newton-Abbott, 2609 inhabitants. The parish lies on the road from …
A Dictionary of London
… Quay At the south end of Water Lane, east of that lane (S. 44). Earliest mention: "Wolkaye," ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. … R. Ed. III. 1341-3, p.64). "Woolwharf" or Customers quay "(S. 44), 1603. First Custom House occupied this site. Now … in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677). "Beaumondis Inn" (q.v.) seems to have occupied the site in former times. …