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A History of the County of Oxford
… members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 freed Woodstock from the burden of … accepted after the Restoration except when the short-lived charter of 1688 limited the franchise to the council. 93 A … in 1662, and at his own cost defended the borough's charter of 1664 against a challenge in 1667 from Fleetwood …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Bartholomew. Seal and Arms. The town received its earliest charter of incorporation in the reign of Henry VI., and under …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… of the church subsequent to the date of the foundation charter and that the abbey's claim to possession was invalid …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 20 Numerous franchises were established in the hundred by charter, custom, or usurpation. 21 In 1232 Eleanor, countess … Tew, and was quit of suit for Worton (in Cassington) by charter. There were several other small monastic franchises. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The inhabitants were incorporated by Henry I., whose charter was confirmed by numerous subsequent sovereigns, who … himself for the recovery of its alienated property; a new charter of foundation was obtained in the 15th of Charles …