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A History of the County of Oxford
… cloth industry, already unrivalled within the county and marked, from the early 17th century, by increasing … century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it … population: PRO, HO 107/1731. PRO, PROB 11/71, ff. 1745; cf. PROB 11/44, ff. 153v.; PROB 11/81, f. 299v.; PROB …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: markets and fairs MARKETS AND FAIRS Witney had a weekly market and … and stall-rents, seem not always to have mirrored those of the town generally: during the 13th and 16th centuries, … Ct. Bks. pp. xxvii, 20. Blenheim Mun., B/M/201, s.a. 1705, 1715; Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. d 215, ff. 121, 126, 130. ORO, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… existed in the early or mid 14th century, when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, … taught some pupils, but by 1548 he did 'little service' and the growing town was recognized to be in need of a … cf. Oxf. Jnl. 5 July 1802, 1 Jan. 1803. Secker's Visit. 1745; cf. Hearne's Colln. viii (OHS 50), 48. Retn Papists, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was … on an extremely prominent site, was built probably in 1715 for Henry and Anne Werge, 30 whose family earlier …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … were gradually appropriated by other bodies. 43 In 1715, with the vestry and overseers, it appointed a bellman, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and Status Though the existence of a church within the 10th- and 11th-century estate seems … and Nonconf. pp. xxvi, 33, 35, 54, 61. Secker's Visit. 1745. Bodl. MS Top. Oxon. d 216, f. 77; Monk, Hist. Witney, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY The strength of Protestant Dissent in Witney, a dominant feature of the … reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … left a 3 rent-charge to Mather and his successors. 38 In 1715, when Mather also received 6 a year from the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles south-east of Colchester on the east … a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … this par., Manors. Wright, Essex, i. 395; Alum. Oxon. 1715-86. Dept. of Env., Building List, Wivenhoe. E.R.O., D/DU …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES The manor of WIVENHOE was an estate of 5 hides less 15 a. held in 1066 … Nicholas (1661-1728), Nicholas (1697-1761), Nicholas (1745-1826), Nicholas Caesar Corsellis the elder (1763- 1833), …
A History of the County of Essex
… nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. One Quaker and a few Anabaptists were recorded in 1664. 69 John Argor … at Wivenhoe, which prob- ably met in the houses of John Tylor and William Giles, licensed for Presbyterian … was probably built. The congregation numbered 150 in 1715, but a division apparently occurred between the Pres- …