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Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… at him; and for this act thirty of them were thrown into Bocardo. Tresham to Wolsey, 12 May: p. 2864. What this meant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Fleming-Williams, and the Revd. N. M. Ramm. North Gate and Bocardo from the north c. 1770. Water-colour by J. B. …
Calendar of the plea and memoranda rolls of the city of London
… 20 birlstere , 74 n. 4 blod , 209 n. 1, 211, 212, 213, 300 bocardo , 28 n. 4 bokasyns , 231 n. 4 bokelermaker , 67 borde …
Memorials of London and London Life
… should be imprisoned at Neugate, in a place there called "Bocardo," 64 for one year then next ensuing: unless he should …
A History of the County of Oxford
… approbation 77 the east and north gates, together with Bocardo, were demolished in 1771, 78 the butchers' shambles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of forgery, and debtors. 57 The prison was called Bocardo by 1391; the name is usually considered to be derived … over the gate. In 1651 county prisoners were sent to Bocardo, presumably because the castle prison was damaged or … foreigners for three days. 70 The most famous prisoners in Bocardo were the bishops Cranmer, Latimer, and Ridley, who …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… who had witnessed the spectacle from the prison of Bocardo, in which he was confined, suffered martyrdom on the … prior to which delinquents were confined in the prison of Bocardo, over one of the city gates, which was taken down in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 73 For a time in the early 18th century the keeper of Bocardo was also keeper of the bridewell, but in 1724 the … evidently became purely a house of correction. When Bocardo was closed in 1771 the corporation considered …
Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic, Henry VIII
… seat of learning along with Tregon well, and set Duns in Bocardo, 112 is already well known. The visitors abolished …
A History of the County of Oxford
… sent John Troughton, 'the teacher', and thirteen others to Bocardo and bound them over to the assizes; eight of them … were university men; they ministered to prisoners in Bocardo and the castle, and to the poor in workhouses, as …