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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… slavery abolitionist. 64 Others include Richard Huloet ( fl. 1552), lexicographer, 65 John Crane (1572-1652), … of Mary Wollstonecraft, Shelley's wife; James Pegge ( fl. 1832-46), the first Baptist missionary to India; and … a worsted spinner and became a Quaker; 67 Henry Banyer ( fl. 1739), medical writer, who practised in the town; and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were for distribution in bread or beef, while Joan Green (fl. 1640) specified 12 d. doles to widows, and John Smith (d. … on good security, for a 2 s. fee. 43 Elizabeth Clempson ( fl. 1628) of Abingdon ( then Berks.): by lifetime gift before … to one poor man of the town for 2 years. William Gunn ( fl. 1628) of London, wine-porter: by lifetime gift before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Colliers of Witney, perhaps the clothier John Collier (fl. 156594), sold 30 blankets to the earl of Leicester, then …
A History of the County of Oxford
… town; among them may have been the young Thomas of Witney (fl. 1300), an influential master mason who later worked at … woolmen in the early 15th century included John Hood (fl. 141234), a subsidy commissioner and possibly a merchant …
A History of the County of Oxford
… house) formerly owned by the clothier Thomas Randall (fl. 1695). 244 Other inns occupied plots created more …
A History of the County of Oxford
… one 'Mr Piesley', possibly the clothier Richard Peisley (fl. 1640). 322 The town as a whole was neither staunchly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of Witney (appointed in 1262), Richard the chaplain (fl. 1279), possibly the same as Richard Lambert who resigned in 1306, and Richard Dormer (fl. 1330s); of those, Lambert belonged to a prominent family …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is said to have been visited by Cromwell in the summer of 1651, and to have been the hiding-place of Lord Lovat, after …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… perpetual curacy; net income, 178; patrons, the family of Jacob. The church is an ancient structure. There are places …
A History of the County of Essex
… 1 Eighteenth-century shipbuilders included Will- iam King (fl. 1722), and Austin Stanley who was operating from a …