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A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Churches CHURCHES. Bampton was the site of a late Anglo-Saxon minster whose extensive parochia seems … possibly reflected in the double dedication to St. Mary and St. John the Baptist recorded in 1317, though if the … double chapel, and a chantry chapel on Catte (later Queen) Street mentioned in 1402, the former and probably the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… AGRICULTURE. In the mid 10th century Bampton formed part of a large unitary estate which cut across later field and … included 31 a. in Bampton's East field, and 248 a., some of it possibly inclosed, in Canons field further west; 39 … CP 25/2/198/39 & 40 Eliz. I Mich.; CP 25/2/864/6 Wm. and Mary Trin.; CP 25/2/865/13 Wm. and Mary Mich. P.R.O., HO …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Education EDUCATION Robert Veysey of Chimney, by will proved 1635, left £200 to endow a free … contributions in 1783 for an incoming master. 34 In 1784 Mary Frederick (d. 1785), Elizabeth Snell (d. 1788), and … in the later 17th century was a pauper student of Queen's College, Oxford. 40 By the early 18th century the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Weald Introduction BAMPTON AND WEALD THE townships of Bampton and Weald, together c. 4,034 a., 30 adjoined the … church, and a 15thcentury chantry chapel on Catte (later Queen) Street. 18 Though not all those sites were necessarily … Payments in 1741 for ringing the church bells on Coronation day, the king's birthday, and 'Gunpowder Treason' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… MANOR COURTS. From 1248 William de Valence, as lord of the manor and hundred of Bampton, claimed return of writs, assize of bread and ale, … rate, subscription, and from the charitable bequest of Mary Dewe (d. 1764), was evidently abandoned, 82 though a new …
A History of the County of Oxford
… CASTLE Until the late Anglo-Saxon period the royal manor of BAMPTON included all the ancient parish and much land … totalled 27½ hides; another ½ hide held by Ilbert de Lacy of the bishop of Bayeux's gift, a 'parcel' held by Walter son … his sister Grace, relict of Henry Cavendish, his sister Mary's grandson Sir George Savile Bt. (d. s.p. 1626), and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… are described elsewhere in this volume. The Hospital of St. John the Baptist, founded early in the 13th century, 1 … the woollen draper and leading local Quaker, and his wife Mary. Formerly the side door in the Tchure had over it the … of the 1880s and 1890s, in the manner then described as Queen Anne. Architects and builders are unknown, though …
A History of the County of Oxford
… for the Poor. By will dated 1443 John Forest, Prebendary of Banbury (d. 1446), bequeathed 66 13 s. 4 d. for 20 years … of 4 d. a week. 1 In 1448 the newly founded guild of St. Mary was authorized to hold property worth 100 marks a year … Hist. Banbury, 253. The weekly groat was known as the Queen's pension in 1592: Cal. Corpn. Accts. iii, p. 142. B.M. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large area: the parish boundary crossed the county … 29 in dues. 33 The living was augmented by grants from Queen Anne's Bounty to meet private benefactions in 1736, … in honour of the Trinity, the Resurrection, and St. Mary the Virgin, and chapels or altars in honour of St. Peter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic History. Agriculture. The Oxfordshire portion of Banbury parish was anciently divided between at least … Catherine Barber for rectorial tithes and glebe (129 a.), Mary and Francis Hobart and the trustees of Hannah Burton … 136 and in 1278 2 qr. of oats were seized at Banbury for Queen Eleanor's use; 137 but rye or maslin and barley or …