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A History of the County of Oxford
… produced a few wealthy and prominent inhabitants: bailiffs in the 16th century and still in the 18th included … were let to a Witney dyer. 165 Several innkeepers were bailiffs, 166 and in the 1780s another was sheriff's officer. … Dir. (1784); Univ. Brit. Dir. iv [ c. 1790], 8069. For bailiffs, below, local govt. (seignorial jurisdiction). …
A History of the County of Oxford
… at first to Raulin. Later lessees were borough reeves or bailiffs and other prominent townsmen, who, like Raulin, were … in the market or fair or both. From the 1450s successive bailiffs refused to pay the sum, and though accumulated … selds were re-used at the manor house, 17 and in 15001 the bailiffs swore that they had received no more than 2 s. from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Raulin and later, with the borough rents, to the town bailiffs, making subsequent fluctuations in the town's … mid 16th century. In the late 15th century successive town bailiffs refused to pay the ancient rent for market and fair …
A History of the County of Oxford
A History of the County of Oxford
… subject to tolls and was under the control of the town bailiffs. 154 Most Corn Street houses mentioned in the Middle … for small labourers' or weavers' cottages. In 1577 the bailiffs allowed a broadweaver to build a cottage in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Ashcombe of Curbridge, who that year left 50 to the town bailiffs for building a 'house over and about the cross of … on the north, which thereafter belonged to the town bailiffs 223 and whose roof appears to be 16th-century. From … town hall chamber was usually leased with or without the bailiffs' house, reserving the right to ring the bell and to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… townsmen remained answerable to the bishop. The town bailiffs accounted to him throughout the Middle Ages for … holding their own court before their own freely elected bailiffs, freedom from attendance at the bishop's court … 1220 the burgesses annually elected two 'reeves' (called bailiffs from the early 15th century), 13 and where by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… as an occasional residence and as accommodation for their bailiffs and other officers throughout the Middle Ages. 32 … Hall, 17; above, intro. (social life: Middle Ages). For bailiffs' and other officers' chambers, below. Allen, Mount …
A History of the County of Oxford
… accounts. 19 A few years later two Quakers served as town bailiffs. 20 The spirit of cooperation was evident in early …