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A History of the County of Oxford
… To 1660 A school run presumably by local clergy existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one … 1375, though his surname was probably hereditary. 2 In the early 16th century a chantry priest evidently taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, … The houses certainly lay on Corn Street, and the priest had land in the Crofts, while land belonging to St …
A History of the County of Oxford
… PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems likely, the earliest … belonged to a prominent family of Witney burgesses. 54 A priest and three clerks recorded in 1279 and a chaplain …
A History of the County of Oxford
… CATHOLICISM Despite hints of religious conservatism in the mid 16th century, there is no evidence of a strong recusant tradition in the town either then or later. 1 In 1549 Oxfordshire gentry … on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a priest from there tried to proselytize in Witney in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… 6 in. xxxvii. N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of Colchester. The church, Wivenhoe Hall … chaplain to the Countess of Oxford, 1535, figure of priest in mass vestments with chalice and host. Indents: In …
A History of the County of Essex
… ROMAN CATHOLICISM. William Drury, whose wife Mary was the sister of the staunchly recusant Catherine Audley of Berechurch, lived … was opened off De Vere Lane. In 1995 it was served by a priest from Brightlingsea and attracted c. 100-110 people …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Godstow abbey was built on an island between streams of the Thames given to the foundress c. 1133 by John of St. John. The site was … for the abbey servants, 42 and, beyond it, lodging for a priest. The guest house was presumably also in the outer …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… S.E.) Ecclesiastical (1). Parish Church of St. Paul, in the village, has walls re-faced with modern flint; the dressings are of stone; the roofs are covered with lead, … to William Atwater, Bishop of Lincoln, 1519, figure of priest in processional vestments, inscription in Latin; (2) …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Church CHURCH. A priest was recorded at Woodchester in 896 51 and … evidence shows that there was a church there in the 12th century. 52 The living was a rectory in 1320 53 and has remained one. The …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woodchester Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. The revival of Roman Catholicism in the parish dates from the purchase of the manor by William … plate facing p. 192. Ex inf. the Revd. A. Murray, parish priest of Woodchester. Langston, 'Cath. Missions', i, p. 78. …