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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the county of Worcester, of which it is the capital, … situation near a fordable part of the river Severn, and on the confines of a thick forest, it was selected as a place … short distance to some of the iron-works on its banks. The Trent and Severn, or, as it is more commonly called, the …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… cathedral chapter was established by charter of Henry VIII on 24 Jan. 1542, after the dissolution of its monastic body. As in each of the other cathedrals in this volume, the former … II (1907) 48-9; V.C.H. Warwicks. II (1908) 50; V.C.H. Staffs. III (1970) 92; V.C.H. Salop II (1973) 1. L. & P. XVI …
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516
… 1401-1516 1334 Lay Subsidy The valuation of the town in the Lay Subsidy of 1334 Taxation value of the market town … 53 400900 261600 Halesowen 1220 1220 135 397000 283800 Hanley Castle 1219 64.5 383900 241900 Holt 1373 53.44 382900 … 63.25 394900 245800 Rock 1328 1328 373300 271200 Severn Stoke 1310 1310 41.19 385600 244000 Stourbridge 1482 1482 …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Ref.110 BA1/1/16/29 (1601) To the right reverend father in God the Lord Bushopp and others her majesties justices of … for viii pence a weeke. And was so paid by the space of on yere and more and then departed the cuntry. So the said … to complayne unto your worships for that the parish of Hanley (where they were all borne) refuseth to geeve them any …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… that money shulde be taxed upon certaine inhabitantes in sondry parishes, within this countie, towardes the … and sithence they have not yealded any allowance. Seavern Stoke leafte then unpaid vi shillings viii pence and sithence … to the overseers Thomas Hopkins minister and others on behalf of Edward Weldes of Yardley. Ref.110 BA1/1/7/74 …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… over the Kinges highe waye betweene Eckington and Norton in the countie of Worcester into a grounde of your … peticion of Richard Ockley Shewethe, that he beinge borne in the parishe of Crowle, hath for the space of three yeres … roome to dwell in, within the parishe [of?] Seaverne Stoke, where she hath made her abode for the terme of twentie …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… of Phillippe Wilkes Shewinge, that he beinge borne in Ombersley and beinge maryed unto one Christian [Maneley?] … to be shrowded therein, who ar now constrained to lodge in the highe wayes and fieldes for wante of order to be taken … why they will not paye An overseer of the poor of Longdon on behalf of William Taylor. Ref.110 BA1/1/27/78 (1617) …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… bodyes, soe that yf they shold be inforced to lye longer in this miserable place, wold unchristianlike be starved to … youre worships at the laste sessions of the peace, beinge on the seconde day of June laste paste that Tredington home … the maynte nance of oure poore distressed people and Stoke Prior and Allchurche xii pence and lykewise Howldfaste …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Katherine [Emmes?] [illegible] of Richard Emmes was born in our sayed [town?] [illegible] and her sayed husband being … stryke the peticioner [aga...?] [illegible] constable of Hanley in savegard [of?] [illegible] unto the said Sparry … thence put upon the parishe of Bradley, and receaved by on Elizabeth Aston widdowe, without the consente of the …