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A History of the County of Oxford
… just over 55 paid by 62 Witney taxpayers, some four-fifths came from the prominent woolstapler and merchant Richard … a rent-free house and garden was unusual. 83 Wool supplies came from local flocks and, certainly by the 17th century, … a Witney broadweaver for wool in 1600. 86 Presumably wool came also from the Cotswolds, and by the late 17th century …
A History of the County of Oxford
… under control'. An employee confirmed that many weavers came 'sauntering in' partway through the week, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a malt house and several cottages. Though the initiative came reportedly from the curate John Hyde it was agreed, in … in 1837 and annual grants from the 1850s, when it came under government inspection. 56 A separate infant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and cloth worth 95), his net assets after payment of debts came to only 1 13 s. 4 d., and he appears to have rented … such items continued to be recorded intermittently they came to represent a smaller proportion of total household … hunting dogs at Witney in 12089 and 1210 suggests that he came for pleasure as well as business. 259 Wine was imported …
A History of the County of Oxford
… attempts at borough incorporation during the 17th century came to nothing, though from 1711 the cloth industry secured … adopted in 1920. 125 Both the board's and the UDC's income came chiefly from the general rate, supplemented by … south of the town, on land bought in 1988. 134 Its income came from reserves and interest, from charges for its …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 4 while the Presbyterian preacher William Martin (d. 1686) came from a local family of clothiers and fullers. 5 The …
A History of the County of Essex
… were brought from Norfolk in 16323. In 1633 wool 'which came into Norfolk' was packed and taken to a boat, presumably … (Lancs.) in 1928 in search of work. 13 Unemployment be- came so serious that in the winters of 1932 and 1933 house … 19201 and survived in 1970. Many of the shipyard workers came from outside the town, unlike the fishermen who were all …
A History of the County of Essex
… of his three sisters, and the overlordship of Wivenhoe came to Giles de Plaiz, Lord Plaiz (d. 1302). 93 It then … before 1408 by Bartholomew Bourchier. 6 Before 1661 it came to the Beriff family of Brightlingsea, 7 from whom it …
A History of the County of Essex
… from Colchester until 1803 when James Hyde, a lay pastor, came from London and the number of services and the size of …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… to the heirs of his body; remainder to this Francis, who came of age 10 Eliz. and was the builder of that Stately … immense fortune. The stone it was built with, it is said, came from Ancaster, in exchange for pit-coal. Sir Francis …