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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… July]. Maire (John), smith.To Alice his wife all his lands and tenements within the liberties of the City of London for life; remainder to his sons and daughters in equal portions. To William Arnald he leaves his best anfeld and a best pair of Belewes, and to William Mosle similar …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of Wincanton lies in the south-east part of the county and at its centre is the largest town of the district. 81 The parish is divided between one principal and three smaller areas, and many very small pieces of land … arches, possibly using the medieval pier. 5 Akers or Hawkers bridge, of two high arches and a central buttress, in …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech Markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS The market is held by prescription. In 1657 John … for hiring. 80 Since at least 1851 travelling showmen and hawkers, on their way between Lynn to Stamford Fairs, have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing specialization in blankets and other broadcloths. 1 Thenceforth until the 20th century … fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… CHURCH. A priest was recorded at Woodchester in 896 51 and architectural evidence shows that there was a church … the 12th century. 52 The living was a rectory in 1320 53 and has remained one. The advowson descended with the manor … presentations were made by Edmund Bereford in 1352 and by William Zouche in 1395 and 1396. 55 The advowson, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at Aluredston. Three demesne servants were employed, and 22 boonworks at haymaking and 102 boonworks at harvest were worked; in addition, … were 9 shoemakers, 4 masons, 3 tailors, 2 butchers, 2 hawkers, a shopkeeper, a miller, and a saddler, as well as …
Feet of Fines of the Tudor period [Yorks]
… TERM, 15 ELIZABETH. * John Wright Thomas Wentworthe, esq., and Margaret his wife Messuage in Skeldergate in the city of York. * James Byrkbie, gent. Robert Hall and Jane his wife Messuage and 5 shops in the parishes of St Christ and Holy Trinity, …