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A History of the County of Oxford
… claimed small tithes and other dues from Godstow abbey and its servants, but had to acknowledge that the abbey itself was exempt, as were its servants, except for … a year, which seems to have been paid by the mill. 30 The abbey's rights over its servants may have led to one of its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Ages, probably in the later 14th century, when Godstow abbey consolidated much of its demesne land in Wolvercote and … under Oxford. 96 Among the original endowments of Godstow abbey were 3 hams of meadow (Boieham, Henringesham and … horses and cattle, including 40 bullocks, but much of the abbey's meadow and pasture had been leased to tenants. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… or earlier, of the demesne land and site of Godstow abbey as an extra-parochial area, altered the southern and … was composed of the site and demesne lands of Godstow abbey, a Benedictine nunnery founded c. 1133 on land given by … St. John, the lord of Wolvercote manor. 36 The site of the abbey, between streams of the Thames, was thus presumably …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government Local government In 1279 Godstow abbey had view of frankpledge in Wolvercote, and the royal … had entry into the manor only by the king's writ. The abbey also had rights of toll, pleas and perquisites of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted Wolvercote to Henry II who gave it to Godstow abbey. 63 The abbey held the manor until the Dissolution, and in 1541 it … abbess, the land called GODSTOW on which she had built her abbey, and soon afterwards he, Reynold of St. Valery, and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote Site and remains of Godstow abbey Site and remains of Godstow abbey Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of the Carthew family, still retains the name of the Abbey. In 1666, upwards of 327 inhabitants died of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire
… the house, is fragmentary. ConditionOf house, good. b(5). Abbey Farm, house 180 yards S.W. of (4), is of one storey …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Lincoln, lecturer of St. Bennet Fink, London; rector of Barking, Suffolk, 1663-5, and of Little Moulton, All Saints, … St. Mary Hall, matric. 1 July, 1603, aged 15; of Boxley Abbey, student of Gray's Inn 1604 (as s. George, of Boxley, … 16; student of Gray's Inn 1618 (as s. George, of Boxley Abbey, Kent, esq.); brother of the next. See Foster's Gray's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… which was held in the manor court by Cirencester Abbey's bailiffs. 40 View of frankpledge was claimed by the …