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A History of the County of Oxford
… were for distribution in bread or beef, while Joan Green (fl. 1640) specified 12 d. doles to widows, and John Smith (d. … on good security, for a 2 s. fee. 43 Elizabeth Clempson ( fl. 1628) of Abingdon ( then Berks.): by lifetime gift before … to one poor man of the town for 2 years. William Gunn ( fl. 1628) of London, wine-porter: by lifetime gift before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Colliers of Witney, perhaps the clothier John Collier (fl. 156594), sold 30 blankets to the earl of Leicester, then …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town; among them may have been the young Thomas of Witney (fl. 1300), an influential master mason who later worked at … woolmen in the early 15th century included John Hood (fl. 141234), a subsidy commissioner and possibly a merchant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house) formerly owned by the clothier Thomas Randall (fl. 1695). 244 Other inns occupied plots created more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… one 'Mr Piesley', possibly the clothier Richard Peisley (fl. 1640). 322 The town as a whole was neither staunchly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Witney (appointed in 1262), Richard the chaplain (fl. 1279), possibly the same as Richard Lambert who resigned in 1306, and Richard Dormer (fl. 1330s); of those, Lambert belonged to a prominent family …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates ECONOMIC HISTORY. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of bordarii increased from 6 to 20 … demesne of Wivenhoe manor had increased to 87 from 60 in 1066. 26 In 1327 there were 236 sheep on Wivenhoe manor and … 1 Eighteenth-century shipbuilders included Will- iam King (fl. 1722), and Austin Stanley who was operating from a …
A History of the County of Essex
… spur of land, 24 suggests early Anglo-Saxon settlement. In 1066 Wivenhoe manor had a recorded popu- lation of 14, …
A History of the County of Essex
… of WIVENHOE was an estate of 5 hides less 15 a. held in 1066 by Alvric and in 1086 by Nigel as a tenant of Robert …