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A History of the County of Oxford
… until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the king's rents' in 1468-9. 48 Later the corporation acquired the quitrents 49 and listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals … the 1790s until the late 19th century. The Pitts have been fishmongers there from c. 1910. The house retains early …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … century, probably relate to much earlier arrangements. Fishmongers, like butchers, were closely regulated by the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as Parker, Porter, Franklin, Despenser, and Marshall; other names were derived from the building …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Manor and other estates MANOR AND OTHER ESTATES. Before the Conquest Brictric son of Algar … the manor of Woolaston, an action confirmed by his nephew and heir Gilbert Strongbow, Earl of Pembroke (d. c. 1148) and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 a. … is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white bricks made here are in great estimation. One … of lands and tenements vested for charitable uses in the Goldsmiths' Company, London, by whom the almshouses were …
The Environs of London
… to its etymology. Situation. Boundaries. Quantity of land, and how occupid. Soil. Chalk-pit. Land-tax. Woolwich lies on … the banks of the Thames, within the hundred of Blackheath, and at the distance of nine miles from London. The parish is … for five poor widows, and committed the care of it to the Goldsmiths' Company 48. Various Benefactions. Date. Donors …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… Ancient and historical monuments in east London Woolwich 12. … Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead and Eltham. The principal monuments are Eltham Palace, Well … Thomas Argott, and a paten of the same date given by the Goldsmiths' Company. ConditionRe-built. b(2) Parish Church of …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … victory in 634, called upon the Scottish bishops for help and so brought Aidan to Lindisfarne but it is doubtful how … leaf. Egbert himself (732-66) adorned the church with goldsmiths' work and silken hangings woven oversea. …
Survey of London
… as Richard FitzNigel or FitzNeale), Bishop of London, and author of the famous Dialogus de Scaccario, was in … The monks of Westminster were the lords of the fee, and a yearly payment had to be made to them of a taper of 2 … monks, in which William was referred to as their dearest and special friend, was obtained before May, 1200, 2 and a …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… for in the bundle of feet of fines known as "Cities and Towns." ** Where there are two asterisks the fine will be … TERM, 2 HENRY VII. 1 Plaintiffs. Deforciants. Nature and Situation of the Property. * William Halomshire, vicar of the parish of Bugthorp, and William Dowene, chaplain Thomas Brompton and Ann his wife …