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A History of the County of Oxford
… meadows and three small closes belonging to the duke of Marlborough. 51 In 1686 Bishop Fell provided a … evict an unsatisfactory rector. 59 In 1876 the patron, the duke of Marlborough, wanted to unite the rectory house with … from another living at Hurley (Berks.), and from the duke of Marlborough was probably substantial. 23 His …
A History of the County of Oxford
… motives inspired the offer to pave the town at the duke of Marlborough's expense. 11 Vanbrugh's plan to rebuild … and refronted by Thomas Walker, town clerk and the duke's auditor, in 1795. Much of the south side of the street … grounds on the eastern edge of the town for the use of the duke's auditors. 24 The corner house and shops later no. 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the freedom of the borough; 79 a Garter star for the duke of Marlborough cost 50 gn., and a 2 oz. chain sold in … Brooks, mayor in 1794, was an attorney, agent to the duke of Marlborough, and a founding partner in 1790 of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of a boarding school in Old Woodstock. 22 In 1816 the duke of Marlborough offered to buy for the corporation a … opened a short-lived boarding school there, but the duke died before completing the purchase and his successor's … land for a National school, but quarrels with the duke seem to have prevented further progress. 62 An infant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… obtain a railway link to Woodstock failed 58 until the 8th duke of Marlborough in 1885 planned a branch line owned by … station to Blenheim and Woodstock station, built on the duke's land on the east side of Oxford Street. The branch was … when the household was severely reduced in the 5th duke's time (1817-40); the gloving industry, hardly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… earl of Abingdon, from whom it was bought in 1710 by the duke of Marlborough. 12 The rent (4 6 s. 8 d. after the … of F. P. Walesby as recorder on the nomination of the duke of Marlborough as high steward was invalidated by lack … 47 thereafter the factions both for and against the duke's nominee shunned council meetings to prevent a valid …
A History of the County of Oxford
… when granted by the Crown in 1705 to John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. The history of the park, an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the period 1701-4. 40 The grant of Blenheim to the duke of Marlborough in 1705 immediately challenged Abingdon's … only after a prolonged and expensive struggle. In 1705 the duke's man, General William Cadogan defeated one of … of Woodstock, frequently causing ill feeling. During the duke's life much was entrusted to agents, notably Samuel …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… had descended with the manor, was sold in 1872 by Henry, Duke of Beaufort, to S. S. Marling. 5 Sir Percival Scrope … received the living through his friendship with Henry, Duke of Beaufort (d. 1803), 36 and of the following rectors. … the son of Lord William Somerset and a cousin of Henry, Duke of Beaufort (d. 1899). 38 He was a noted sportsman who …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… by the agreement of the ten landowners in 1789, when the Duke of Beaufort and James Woodroffe were the principal … were allotted to them, all others being allotted to the Duke of Beaufort as lord of the manor. 41 The lands inclosed … c. 60 a. of meadow at Plusterwine were also included. The Duke of Beaufort was awarded 40 a. for manorial rights, and …