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A History of the County of Oxford
… and the right to deliver and return royal writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the … the later Middle Ages. 3 Within Witney manor the bishop's liberties and manorial rights were exercised by his bailiff …
A History of the County of Oxford
… east, and almost certainly it long predated the borough's foundation. 1 The ecclesiastical parish, conterminous with … probably an error, arising possibly from the parish church's location just outside the borough boundary within Curbridge … was among the wealthiest in the bishop of Winchester's gift, attracting influential non-residents whose prolonged …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… ownself best." I saw an old carbine, in the house-keeper's room, very curiously wrought in figures, doubtless one of … de Novoloco, p. 246. Esc. 7 H. 4. n. 44. Glover, Ex Coll. S. Lo Kniveton. Fin. 7 H. 4, m. 6: Fin: 7 H: 5, m: 1- … possessed of Wollaton, and the greater part of Sir Francis's possessions Sir Percival left five sons, the eldest of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… £200, the income, after payments of £1 for a sermon and 10 s. to the clerk, to be given to the poor. 93 In 1706 the … 9 a. of meadow in Wolvercote, thereafter known as the Poor's Plot. 94 In 1815 the trustees revised the principles on … should attend church regularly; adults should receive 3 s. 6 d. and children 2 s. 95 Part of the land was sold to the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Woodall, William 1600. See Woodhall. Woodarde, Nicholas s. Christopher, of Mechlen in Flanders, gent. Magdalen Hall, … New England, 1642 (its first graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, … rector of Stanton Fitzwarren, Wilts, 1625; see Foster's Index Eccl.; for an account of his son John, see Calamy, i. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… includes buildings on each side of the road at Druid's Lodge, in the extreme north-west of the parish. In 1951 the … a 'chapel' and may have been the site of the former bishop's residence, pulled down in the early 16th century. 13 Avon … the river valley the only inhabited buildings are at Druid's Lodge, in the north-west corner of the parish, and Chine …
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 listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … 8-12 Oxford Street Bought in 1587 with Richard Cornwell's bequest for the grammar school, were transferred to the …
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 over 52 s. in 1310; 95 …
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 town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 Woodstock's assessment of c. 40 s. was paid by only 18 inhabitants, of …
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 …