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A History of the County of Oxford
… probably in the late 12th or early 13th century, when the bishop invested in several new or expanded mills both for … and a lease of 1347 granting the mills to two men for the bishop's lifetime again included only two corn mills at … 21 years to an Oxford miller, 17 but before 1527 William Bishop took over the long lease of the corn mills at 9 a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… been a wool store, perhaps implying a continuation of the bishop's policy of using Witney as a centre for collecting … in London in the 1560s included members of the Collier, Bishop, Jones, Rankell, and Yate families, 41 and several … 1540s including members of the Wenman, Box, Humfrey, and Bishop families, all involved in cloth manufacture. 90 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… pleasure- and hiring-fairs. The Middle Ages In 1202 the bishop of Winchester was granted an annual fair at Witney, … and 1314 s. in the 1280s, despite frequent repairs by the bishop designed probably to attract new traders. 9 The … in the late 20th century. 60 Market Regulation In 1319 the bishop's men were 'deputed to keep his . . . market and to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… market stalls and selds, suggest active involvement by the bishop of Winchester as lord, interrupted only by untypical … were presumably employed in the frequent works at the bishop's manor house, 16 or in constructing the growing town; … master mason who later worked at Winchester under the bishop's patronage. 17 Other inhabitants were employed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a planned medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th … been excluded in order to leave them directly under the bishop's control. 13 About 121920 the borough was extended … was mentioned in the first surviving account roll of the bishop of Winchester. 100 No borough charter survives, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was … and wainscot. Although there were glazed windows in the bishop's manor house from an early date, 50 and the windows … fish, deer, and hare, probably all available from the bishop's fishponds and park. 261 The creation of the park, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… writs, the king's officers being forbidden entry into the bishop's manors except in connection with Crown pleas. 1 In 1284 the bishop procured excommunication against unnamed 'malefactors' … the later Middle Ages. 3 Within Witney manor the bishop's liberties and manorial rights were exercised by his …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Manor and Manor House ('Bishop's Palace') MANOR AND MANOR HOUSE ('BISHOP'S PALACE') Witney Manor In 969 King Eadgar gave the … a separate estate given by Abingdon abbey to Brihthelm, bishop of Wells. 1 The Crown recovered the Witney estate …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 6 The living, a rectory, was among the wealthiest in the bishop of Winchester's gift, attracting influential … church was first recorded in 1162, when Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester, granted it to the hospital of St Cross … confused dispute between the Knights Hospitallers and the bishop of Winchester. 13 Peter des Roches, bishop of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to prosecute local Dissenters despite pressure from the bishop, 16 while in the 18th century local Quakers, although … of meetings. 80 Witney Quakers were not reported to the bishop in 1669, however, and in 1675 the town authorities, … after the churchwardens again reported nothing amiss, the bishop pressed for more information on the meeting house. 81 …