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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… has a commodious landing-place for coal, lime, and gravel; on its banks are some mills, and there are other large mills … 269 inhabitants. This parish, also called Woodmanstone or Woodmansthorne, comprises by measurement 1553 acres, of … A school for the poor is partly supported by the interest of 3000 raised by subscription. Woodside-Ward …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… 565 hectares in the Forest of Rockingham. The village lies on the N. side of Willow Brook and consists of a single … of families rated at one hearth and few at three or more, in the Hearth Tax returns. This did not imply … to the disfigurement of the building. The church is of interest for its abnormal plan and development, and for the …
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. … no. 30, which remained part of the inn until 1840 or later, 9 was let separately until sold c. 1886 with nos. … c. 1736 but the corporation seems to have acquired an interest in the site, paying its land tax from 1737 or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were successors to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 … in 1783 and Bellinger's in 1795, and with accumulated interest they were worth £46 and £14 respectively in 1828. 95 … Warburton of Bletchingdon in 1641 gave £100 to provide loans of £20 to 3 tradesmen and £10 to 4 others for 3 years. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… closely involved in church administration. The proctors or chapelwardens accounted annually before the mayor, and the … elsewhere, early corporate life in the borough had centred on a religious guild, 45 and that the instruments of 1453 … 47 In 1497 the chantry priest seems to have held a life interest in the property, which he let for £6, of which £5 6 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 … 7 paid more than 3 s. 73 In 1334 the town was assessed on total wealth of only c. 38. 74 Population seems to have … George Eldridge (d. 1834) had turned to his family's other interest, gloving, and was later called variously ironmonger, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… directly to the corporation continued to be lent out at interest for the master's benefit until taken in hand in … College, Oxford, who transferred the loan from the college on the understanding that fellows would supply the mastership … declaring a 'play day' (holiday) should pay 2 s. 6 d. or 5 s. according to rank, which should be spent on books. 16 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 36 s. 10 The site of New Woodstock, a well drained plateau on the edge of the Glyme valley opposite the royal palace, … moved there to escape plague in London. 69 Declining royal interest in the park was blamed for the town's 'great ruin … representative of the inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the profits were taken to include the quitrents set on burgages at the town's foundation and still listed in … between supporters and opponents of the Marlborough interest continued to influence corporate government, … to acquire property in 1599, 76 could not be met without loans, usually from councillors, and in the later 16th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1584 and 1586, were presumably nominees of Knollys or Lee. 98 Whitton's election perhaps owed less to his park … earl of Montgomery. 5 Whitelocke, whose contentious views on the royal prerogative may have provoked Herbert's … of Lichfield. 25 The earl was a minor until 1684; and his interest in Woodstock was looked after by Osbaldeston, his …