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Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… and Ulpha WITHERSLACK, MEATHOP AND ULPHA. The mesne manor of Meathop and Ulpha with land at Crackenthorpe in Beetham … Henry de Bethum in a plea against Roger de Lancastre; 5 Assize R. 88, m. 72. 1251 Roger de Lancastre demands against … right. Henry prays for a view. Ajourned to Hilary term; Assize R. 1046, m. 75. 1254 Henry de Bethum holds Midhopp …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1613 the borough owned an almshouse and garden on the site of Nos. 2838 Church Green north of the rectory house, comprising three separate tenements in … and by the 19th century the income was combined with other bread and beef charities. The town hall and an adjoining …
A History of the County of Oxford
… history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural … with profits from rents and farming forming the bulk of the lord's income: in 1552 the manor was valued at just … 'most of the men' had small allotments which could provide bread, cheese, and sometimes bacon, while two paupers whom he …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and … by severe unemployment, sharply rising poor rates, and bread riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and stall-rents, seem not always to have mirrored those of the town generally: during the 13th and 16th centuries, both periods of apparent growth and prosperity, market and fair income … prosecuted for avoidance of tolls, enforced the assizes of bread and ale, oversaw meat inspection, and issued orders …
A History of the County of Oxford
… existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, learnt to read there. 1 … to the National schools by 'bribes of clothing, coal, and bread', suggesting that religious considerations were not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … the town at Church Green, besides establishing over thirty bread, clothing, and lending charities. 294 The problem of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … of tolls from fairs and of fines from the assizes of bread and ale, and the right to issue summonses. 12 The … and suppression of nuisances; 28 in the early 14th century assize of bread and ale seems sometimes to have been enforced …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. division of Somerset, 28 … for the repair of the church, a weekly distribution of bread and money among the poor, and a Sunday school. Wix, or …
A History of the County of Essex
… and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of poor sailors or their widows. 16 In 1752 c. 3 a. of land at Wivenhoe heath was bought and the yearly rent of … left 50 s. a year charged on a farm at Fingringhoe to buy bread for 10 poor communicants. 19 His brother, Benjamin …