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A History of the County of Oxford
… to the National schools by 'bribes of clothing, coal, and bread', suggesting that religious considerations were not …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town at Church Green, besides establishing over thirty bread, clothing, and lending charities. 294 The problem of … from the late 18th century trade fluctuations and rising bread-prices made poor relief the vestry's most pressing … social tensions within the town, marked by recurrent bread riots and by steady worsening of relations between …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of tolls from fairs and of fines from the assizes of bread and ale, and the right to issue summonses. 12 The … for unclean meat, for breaches of the assizes of bread and ale, of outsiders for selling merchandise without … of nuisances; 28 in the early 14th century assize of bread and ale seems sometimes to have been enforced by the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… for the repair of the church, a weekly distribution of bread and money among the poor, and a Sunday school. Wix, or …
A History of the County of Essex
… left 50 s. a year charged on a farm at Fingringhoe to buy bread for 10 poor communicants. 19 His brother, Benjamin …
A History of the County of Essex
… lord sometimes provided refreshment which in- cluded rye bread, herrings, milk or cheese, and pottage. Customary …
A History of the County of Essex
… the spring meeting, when 2 constables, 2 common drivers, 2 bread and ale tasters, and 2 meeters (perhaps officers …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 8. per annum, the produce of bequests, is distributed in bread among the poor. Wollaston WOLLASTON, a chapelry, in the … is paid to each of seven parishes for distribution in bread; and the trustees expend annually about 30 in clothing, …
A Dictionary of London
… of the Sheriffs' Prisons. First mention: The Compter in Bread Street was removed to Wood Street in 1555 (S. 298) and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… bequests, the interest of which is distributed in bread to the poor. Two trusts for providing cows for poor …