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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… surmounted by an octangular spire of freestone. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. Near the church is an ancient cross. Wilton, or Welton WILTON, or Welton, a tything, in the parish of … of those which command the finest prospects, are, Beacon Hill, near Amesbury, rising to the height of 600 feet above …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Leland's assertion that there were formerly twelve or more parish churches of Wilton, if accurate, must be taken … to the Guildhall, 3 and thus stood in or near the Market Place although its exact site is not known. As the guild … been in Horace Walpole's garden chapel at Strawberry Hill. The stained glass in the central apse is French work of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the reign of Stephen; most of the warfare up to 1148 took place in an area likely to affect Wilton, 7 and in 1143 … transfer of the county court from Wilton to either Devizes or Marlborough was seriously considered, and in 1280 a jury … Two-thirds of the jury maintained that either Marlborough or Devizes would suit the king better, since they were both …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… systems of southern Wiltshire 1 was an obvious choice as a place of settlement by the migrants from the south, who about … the very word Wiltonienses might apply either to Wilton or to Wiltshire. When about 909 a new West Saxon bishopric … the safe walls of the royal town. Moreover, the foundation or revival of the nunnery of Wilton in the 9th century was to …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… made by the men of Wilton in the earlier 16th century, or indeed at any period before then. Boys were apprenticed to … industry in New Salisbury, however, seems to have taken place in the 16th century, 8 and since in the early 16th … 13 The office of mayor was held fairly continuously by one or other of the clothiers, 14 particularly in the second half …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… from Wilton whether the markets were held on the same day or not; the number and variety of these merchants, who acted … so that by the 15th century the stalls in the market place had fallen into total decay, 14 and it is unlikely that … contained open fields known as Bulbridge and Washern, or Ugford, fields; they were subdivided under the three field …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… a borough reeve, responsible for collecting royal dues in place of the royal official. During the course of 12056 … the succeeding year. 20 The steward, two coroners, reeve or portreeve, and four auditors were all elected on the same … variously styled clerk of the borough, mayor's clerk, or town clerk. From the middle of the 15th century, when it …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… early decline of these guilds in 13th-century Wilton, or by the longsurviving importance of the Guild Merchant, … spicers, 31 mercers, 32 'lyndrapers', 33 mealmongers, 34 or ironmongers, 35 denoting perhaps a more specialized line … as to the times of selling victuals, 58 and the time and place where butchers might kill animals for meat. 59 Whether …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… constantly subject to attempts at definition by charter or by-law. As time went on observations made on the charters … appropriate fine if the mayor, the serjeant of the mace, or the burgesses defaulted in any way. 4 In 1544 the fine for … burgesses were disfranchised, and others elected in their place in conformity with orders in council. In October 1688, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… year for placing four boys at 5 each to handicraft trades or husbandry; surplus income was to be saved for repairs and … the trustees, were to consist of the mayor and burgesses or aldermen who resided in the borough and parish, together … to be applied to certain specified objects: in the first place money was to be paid for the maintenance and …