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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 …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… encrusted with concretions of most fantastic form, while on the floor are other large petrifactions, formed by the … roof cylindrical, and its bottom composed of a fine sand. On one side of the last cave runs a very cold and pure stream … from land bequeathed by Nicholas Burley, and from the interest of 140, the amount of various benefactions. Woollos, …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of Wool, 5 m. W. of Wareham, covers some 3,000 acres on both sides of the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. … North Porch and the South Aisle and arcade were added or rebuilt. Drawings dated 1864 of the N. and S. sides of the … Frater on the S. and the Cellarer's range on the W. The interest of the remains lies chiefly in the plan and in …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1595. 24 The charity to the poor was distributed in bread on Good Friday c. 1958. 25 Thomas James of Bristol gave £100 … ten poor widows in spinning, each having the use of £10 interest-free for 12 years. Owing to the difficulty of … security and by 1828 £50 had been lost irrecoverably. The interest at that date was paid for the use of the school, but …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Chancel, with a window in the N. wall, and the restored or re-built N. arcade of the Nave. Near the end of the 13th … the earlier nave, now represented by a buttress standing on a splayed base. The South Aisle and arcade were perhaps … South Porch added. The church is of no great architectural interest, but among the fittings the coffin-lids are …