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A History of the County of Sussex
… perquisites at the Woodmancote manor court were worth 3 s. 4 d. a year in 1339. 67 There are court rolls for the … Woodmancote Place, and in 1800 and 1803 at the Royal Oak inn in Shermanbury. A reeve was mentioned in 1680 and later, … P.R.O., C 135/59, no. 27. B.L. Harl. Roll N. 26. E.S.R.O., SAS/Acc 1046; W.S.R.O., Add. MSS. 31552-6. Surr. …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… XVI. 5). The sheltered position and fertile soil on the S. side of the street gave rise in the 19th century to a … Abbey, the manor house having been the W. tenement on the S. side of the street. Sir Guy Wolston gained possession of … (Not entered) Fig. 216 Woodnewton (12) (15) The White Swan Inn, two storeys and cellar, neatly coursed rubble walls with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the … 1609 and later let to trandesman. 55 It was the New Angel inn by the 1760s 56 and was still so in 1856 when the lease …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those founded in the … in the 1590s the house was taken over for the town clerk's use. 78 The corporation provided an alternative house with … which places them immediately west of the former Mermaid inn (no. 74 Oxford Street): above, Bldgs. no. 8. O.R.O., MS. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … Cross, the Holy Trinity, St. John, St. Christopher, St. Clement, and St. Roke. 74 Besides the incumbents of permanent … other houses or shops in Woodstock, including the George inn, and houses or land in Old Woodstock, Woodeaton, South …
A History of the County of Oxford
… developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … to the original building plots. 94 Quitrents rose from 36 s. 5 d. in 1230 to 43 s. in the 1260s, c. 45 s. in 1279, and … usually Blackhall Lane, from Black Hall, later the Star inn, at its corner. Its later name came from Alderman Thomas …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … in Oxfordshire and Bristol. 92 In 1468 he held the George inn and two other Woodstock houses, later acquiring more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … was attributed to the landlord of the King's Head inn who c. 1760 started a two-wheeled chaise service, soon …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … dictating 9 o'clock closure with the boast that at his inn (the Bull) there would be piping and dancing 'at 1 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double return in 1640 may not have … of rights during the Interregnum. 92 Certainly freemen's rights were accepted after the Restoration except when the …