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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 … 30 Nothing had been done by 1650 when John Palmer, one of the trustees, left a further £100 providing that Veysey's … chiefly from outside the parish. An academy for young gentlemen mentioned in 1790 69 was followed by John Beechey's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Bampton and Weald Introduction BAMPTON AND WEALD THE townships of Bampton and Weald, together c. 4,034 a., 30 adjoined the … a town chiefly of 'farmers and numerous poor, with several gentlemen and some reputable tradesmen'. 66 A further aspect …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large area: the parish boundary crossed the county … estimated in 1715 as 600 hearers, '35 of them gentlemen, the rest tradesmen and farmers'; 386 in 1716 a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… It has been possible, almost continuously since at latest the end of the 15th century, for children living in the town to … been well conducted but a Mr. Beane who ran a ladies' and gentlemen's school in 1832 had to leave town after …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representation Parliamentary Representation. What came in the 18th century to be regarded as the most important function of the corporation was the election of a member of the House … and Banbury people but also of neighbouring country gentlemen, many of whom were assistants to the corporation …
A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland
… BANFF, a sea-port, burgh, market-town, and parish, in the county of Banff, of which it is the chief town, 165 miles (N. by E.) … were awarded by the Highland Society of Scotland, to two gentlemen in the parish. The state of the farm-houses, …
Records relating to the Barony of Kendale
… Barbon BARBON. The manor of Barbon was held towards the end of the 12th … Christopher Bainbridge, Edward Wilson, Roger Moore, gentlemen. Edward Harling Edw d Bland, John Ewan, Giles …
Alumni Oxonienses
… Barrowby-Benn Barrowby-Benn Barrowby, William s. Joh., of London, gent. Trinity Coll., matric. 6 Nov., 1699, aged … Oriel Coll., matric. 30 April, 1688, aged 17; a student of the Inner Temple 1688. See Foster's Inns of Court Reg. Barry, … 1722-6, constable of Windsor Castle 1730, lord of the bedchamber to George II. 1738, died 27 July, 1751, buried in …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… Barry - Bettesfield Barry BARRY, a parish, in the union of Cardiff, hundred of Dinas-Powys, county of … of the castle; and his son, Col. Bulkeley, and several gentlemen of the county, held it for the king till 1646, when …
The records of St. Bartholomew's priory & St. Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield
… Bartholomew Fair CHAPTER XI - BARTHOLOMEW FAIR The fair or market held on the eve, the day, and the morrow of the feast of St. Bartholomew (August 24th), was an … was that of the Lord Mayor drinking the health of the gentlemen near him at the door of the keeper's house of …