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A History of the County of Sussex
… history ECONOMIC HISTORY. There was one ploughteam on the Woodmancote manor demesne farm in 1086. 70 The farm had 114 a. in 1339 71 and 118 a. in 1434. 72 On the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WOODMANCOTE was held in 1066 by Countess Guda, and in 1086 of William de Braose by William son of Rannulf, 35 who … in the 1220s. 39 William Hastentoft and his wife Isabel (fl. 1258-67) 40 were succeeded before 1291 by their son …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They were listed in a survey of 1279 and as 'the … owned by a succession of aldermen, notably Jerome Westall (fl. 1550), Thomas Bradshaw (d. 1613), and Joseph Harris (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The corporation's first almshouses were successors to those …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was presumably … include a brass, formerly in the chancel, depicting Edward Chamberlain (d. 1543), his wife, and six sons and six …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … were accounted for chiefly by the inclusion of Leonard Chamberlain, steward of the manor and park, who in 1547 paid … trade reached aldermanic rank: 81 the bakers John Norris (fl. 1480) and William Cornwell (d. 1552), the butchers …
A History of the County of Oxford
… free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular … place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen educationist frustrated in his … neglected' and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is supported in part by other evidence, but …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … John Crossley, admitted as a compounder in 1555, became chamberlain in 1557 and mayor in 1558, 50 and John Shewsmith, … Lee's successors were Sir Thomas Spencer (161222), Philip Herbert, earl of Pembroke (162250), Lt.-Gen. Charles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of 1453 … mid 16th century the seat was controlled by Sir Leonard Chamberlain (d. 1561), steward of the manor and M.P. for the … for another' by the steward of Woodstock manor, Philip Herbert, earl of Montgomery. 5 Whitelocke, whose contentious …