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A History of the County of Oxford
… upkeep were made in the early 17th century. 6 Teachers, at least one of them a graduate, were licensed in the late … (d. 1662), and grounded in a classical curriculum aimed at preparing the sons of wealthier merchants, manufacturers … masters, among them Francis Gregory (166471), formerly of Westminster and Woodstock schools, and Edward Hinton …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house show that there was high-quality stone building from at least the 12th century. 3 Stone and lime from Witney … in 1479. 5 The master mason Thomas of Witney, who worked at Westminster in 12923 and at Exeter and Winchester a little …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Hailey. There is, however, no evidence of a minster at Witney, and before the estate was assembled in possibly … of the river Windrush dependent on a probable minster at Minster Lovell, and those south of the river dependent … circles who acquired several canonries, a prebend at Westminster, and the headmastership of Westminster School. …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… broad. In King Edward the Confessours time this was valued at 100s. but when the great Survey was made, towards the latter end of the Conquerours reign, but at 60s. The Soc extended into Totteshale, Brauncote, and … the roof, which is supported with arches something like Westminster-Hall, has a grand appearance. The screen, in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the Dissolution the estate was bought by George Owen and, … with the duke's lands in Wolvercote in 1884. 71 Two hides at CUTTESLOWE were confirmed to St. Frideswide's minster in … were sold to the city of Oxford by the dean and chapter of Westminster, trustees of the charity, in 1938. 80 Most of the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… have marks suggesting that they were originally gabled at that height. The N. and S. arches are of the 14th century, … classic detail, with recumbent figure of man on base, urn at the top, inscription at back and arms of Longueville … is panelled and contains a carved crest, the head of a greyhound; also inside the house is part of a 12th-century …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… part of the new road, built c. 1817, left Watling Street at Pottersbank, Ketley, and rejoined the existing Shifnal road at Snedshill along the later Church Road; about 1824 the new … northwards to the Hollinswood interchange in 1971, to the Greyhound interchange, Ketley Bank, in 1975-6, and to the …
A History of the County of Shropshire
… in the mid 19th century, dwarfing the small settlement at Wombridge, and in 1895 Wombridge parish council tried, … component C.P.s were amalgamated into Oakengates C.P. At the same time small parts of the C.P.s of Hadley (at … to the north-east between Newfield Farm and Snedshill. The Greyhound and Lightmoor faults cross the Coal Measures from …
Alumni Oxonienses
… graduate), said to be S.T.D.; a minister in Salisbury, and at Newbury, Berks, ejected 1662 for nonconformity, chaplain … to Charles II., silenced by the act of conformity; died at Inglefield, Berks, 1 Nov., 1684, buried 4th in Newbury … Christ Church, matric. 23 July, 1656, student 1656 from Westminster school, B.A. 1659, M.A. 1662 (incorporated at …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… whom the manors were vested by an Act of 1730, 89 and who at once sold them to Charles Seymour, duke of Somerset, 90 … Saxon Hall was built c. 1957 to replace a house demolished at that time which comprised a main range of two storeys … manors. Cal. Pat. 13916, 300. Feud. Aids, vi. 407; Westminster Abbey Mun. 13890; Cal. Close, 14059, 364. Cal. …