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A History of the County of Oxford
… and his sister Elizabeth West left land in Appleton (then Berks.) to benefit Witney and other places. 11 Money gifts … funeral. Similar bequests were made to Burford and Abingdon (then Berks.). 41 The Witney charity was apparently … for a 2 s. fee. 43 Elizabeth Clempson ( fl. 1628) of Abingdon ( then Berks.): by lifetime gift before 1628, 5 to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… well as more obvious rivals such as Burford, Bicester, or Abingdon (then Berks.). Even by the 1540s and 1550s, when wealth within the … villages, while Richard had interests in both Witney and Abingdon. 196 Several mercers, drapers, or tailors issued …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in or before the 1250s included Woodstock and Burford, Abingdon and Hungerford (both then in Berks.), Dunstable (Beds.), and Bridport (Dorset), while … them were members of the long-established Hering, Lambert, Abingdon, and Standlake families, who often held several …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it with 50 a year charged on land at Longworth (then Berks.). His widow Mary secured an Act in 1663 governing its … at Hailey and Horton-cum-Studley. In 2001 it merged with Abingdon College to become the Abingdon and Witney College, with courses split between the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury, and Henley, though some Berkshire towns, notably Abingdon and Faringdon, remained larger. 45 In 1738 there … Oxford, and London, as well as on roads southwards to Abingdon (Berks.) and Southampton. Trade-links with Southampton were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… king's service at Oxford, a far higher number than from Abingdon, Burford, or Wallingford, although how many had done … Plummer, Witney Blanket Ind. 178; W. H. Summers, Hist. Berks., S. Bucks. and S. Oxon Congregational Churches (1905), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 50 included members of the prominent Standlake, Abingdon, and Hering families, of whom some held office more … and in the 1930s it had arrangements with the Abingdon Joint Hospital Board and with the South Chilterns … 'Three Oxon. Architects', Oxoniensia, 35 (1970), 69; Berks. RO, D/EBt F17/3, bylaws of new burial ground (among …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 17 hides at Curbridge formed a separate estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown … Wit. 32. PRO, SP 28/213, f. 33. Ibid. C 54/3418, mm. 3941. Berks. RO, D/ELl F18/1; Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. d 215, f. 115. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and withheld payment from the mason, Humphrey Smith of Abingdon (then Berks.), because it was 'not raised to its former altitude'. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Mather, W. H. Summers, Hist. Congregational Churches in Berks., S. Oxon. and S. Bucks. Assoc. (1905), 270; DNB s.v. …