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A History of the County of Berkshire
… try and evade contribution to the cost of the musters for Berks., 'stayenge them selfes uppon their privileges.' 525 In … Anglo-Saxon workmanship was found at Windsor ( V.C.H. Berks. i, 244). Cott. Chart. vii, 13; see also vi, 2; Dugdale, Mon. i, 294. V.C.H. Berks. i, 313; Surr. i, 306. Angl.-Sax. Chron. (Rolls Ser.), …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Easthampstead, hundred of Ripplesmere, county of Berks, 5 miles (S. W. by W.) from Windsor; containing 2178 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Hurst, union of Wokingham, hundred of Sonning, county of Berks; containing 547 inhabitants, and comprising by …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… union of Newbury, hundred of Faircross, county of Berks, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Newbury; containing 337 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and his sister Elizabeth West left land in Appleton (then Berks.) to benefit Witney and other places. 11 Money gifts … Similar bequests were made to Burford and Abingdon (then Berks.). 41 The Witney charity was apparently lost by the … fee. 43 Elizabeth Clempson ( fl. 1628) of Abingdon ( then Berks.): by lifetime gift before 1628, 5 to be freely lent to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rivals such as Burford, Bicester, or Abingdon (then Berks.). Even by the 1540s and 1550s, when wealth within the … of Malmesbury (Wilts.), and John Winchcombe of Newbury (Berks.); cf. Witney Ct. Bks. p. liv; DNB, s.v. Winchcombe. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Burford, Abingdon and Hungerford (both then in Berks.), Dunstable (Beds.), and Bridport (Dorset), while …