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A History of the County of Oxford
… for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents applied to the original … in the borough, of which 76 were described as tenements or parts thereof, 30 as messuages, and 33 as cottages; there … expressed a wish to improve the town to accord with 'what strangers may reasonably expect to find in a borough town, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 … was reinforced by bylaws restricting the activities of 'foreigners': in 1580 it was ordered that none should work in … to sell bread on market and fair days; co-operation with foreigners which might lead to the evasion of tolls was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… that non-resident freemen should pay the same fees as foreigners. 15 In 1677 it was agreed that visitors to the … declaring a 'play day' (holiday) should pay 2 s. 6 d. or 5 s. according to rank, which should be spent on books. 16 … in the mid 18th century the pupils in 1825 comprised 20 or 30 boys, chiefly sons of the 'most respectable' townsmen. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representative of the inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. … begun in 1705. Thereafter many townsmen depended directly or indirectly on the palace and estate. Tourism became … continued throughout Whit week. 29 Similar Whitsun ales or sports were held annually in the early 17th century, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The … and the interference in elections of 'gentiles and other foreigners'; it enjoined the corporation to be 'whole and … body; other inhabitants were regarded with outsiders as foreigners. 57 The council and officers were drawn from the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… The walls of the old building are generally of rubble or chalk, rendered in cement or rough-cast; the dressings are of Reigate stone and the … the moulded jambs and two-centred head of the late 14th or 15th-century W. doorway. The South Transept (17 ft. by 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… communities, looking to small markets at Deddington or Woodstock. Weaving and malting at Deddington were on a … fields until parliamentary inclosure in the 18th century or early 19th; groupings of two open fields later becoming … and Great Tew and smaller parks of the 18th century or earlier at North and Middle Aston, Glympton, Ledwell, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Warwickshire. Osric, either repairing the Roman fortress, or erecting another in this city, which by the Saxons was … to preside over the ecclesiastical affairs of Huiccia or Wiccia. From the death of Osric nothing is recorded, either of the province or of the city, till the time of Offa, in one of whose …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… the said tything is a member and thereunto belongeth, or to order us the hundred money as formerly, or as Parshore by some adjacent parishes to help us, and ease … and inhabitantes of both parishes refuse to entertaine him or imploy him in that small matter of work that he is able to …