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A History of the County of Oxford
… and by the 19th century the income was combined with other bread and beef charities. The town hall and an adjoining … in duration: thus the vicar John Roper (d. 1534) left a bread charity to be distributed by a chantry priest so long … and Andrew Holloway (d. 1688) were for distribution in bread or beef, while Joan Green (fl. 1640) specified 12 d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 'most of the men' had small allotments which could provide bread, cheese, and sometimes bacon, while two paupers whom he …
A History of the County of Oxford
… by severe unemployment, sharply rising poor rates, and bread riots. Conditions improved only with the blanket … years later. 156 By the late 18th century some bakers sold bread to surrounding villages as well as within the town; 157 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… prosecuted for avoidance of tolls, enforced the assizes of bread and ale, oversaw meat inspection, and issued orders …
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 …