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A History of the County of Somerset
… cash in lieu of works from customary tenants were worth 20 s. in 1249, 34 s. from 8 customary tenants in 1282, and 19 s. … the parish contributed in 1661 to a voluntary gift to the king in comparison with 63 tradesmen. 32 By 1709 tithe … Street and St. Mary Street, on the site of the Three Cups inn. 93 By 1830 it had been converted into an inn. 94 A corn …
A History of the County of Somerset
… of his poor pupils to receive daily pittances at St. John's hospital, where a further 13 schoolchildren lived on the … the original school and in the former convent buildings in King Street. The number on roll on opening was 57 and within … many of them held in the large houses in Castle Street and King Square. 58 Several schools were conducted by clergymen, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… the borough and from Haygrove; in 1256-7 the income was 32 s. 11 d. from the borough and 13 s. 2 d. from Haygrove. 89 In 1280 the owners of two thirds of … charter of 1628 was surrendered. 35 A new charter gave the king in council power to remove members of the corporation, …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1107 by his son Robert, who rebelled in 1136, and Robert's daughter Gillian carried his lands to successive husbands … with Dunwear until 1693 or later. 3 In 1280 Stephen le King and Maud his wife and Lettice at Cross claimed that … burgages in the town including an inn called the Saracen's Head. 99 Buckland priory by 1535 had a pension paid by St. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… 1710-19. 17 Humphrey and Robert Blake and the town's recorder, Sir Thomas Wroth, were members of the classis in … with a Sunday school, by 1800. 49 A chapel was built in King Street in 1816 which by 1860 had been twice enlarged and … Methodist union in 1932 Monmouth Street chapel became the head of a small circuit, which was united with the former …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in 1767, one man a toll keeper, one woman keeping a cook's shop. 2 There was one reputed papist c. 1776. 3 Mass was … of J. Moore Capes, founder and first minister of St. John's church, a Catholic chapel, dedicated to St. Joseph, was … 1885 and 1891 Sisters of Mercy occupied a building in King Street. 11 A group of Sisters of the Holy Rosary opened …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Bridport 14 BRIDPORT (C.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XXXVIII, N.W. (b)XXXVIII, S.W.) Bridport is a … of two trefoiled lights with a quatrefoil in a two-centred head with moulded reveals and label with returned stops. The … urn, etc.; (6) to Edward Coker, slain at the Bull Inn, 1685, tablet with brass plate and shield-of-arms in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and parish, having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, in the Bridport division of Dorset, 14 miles (W.) from Dorchester, and 134 (W. S. W.) from London, on the high road to Exeter; containing … of Monmouth, under Lord Grey; these were defeated by the king's forces, and twelve of the principal insurgents were …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Herefordshire
… Bridstow 11 BRIDSTOW (E.d.) (O.S. 6 in. (a)XLVI, S.E., (b)LI, N.E., (c)LI, N.W.) Bridstow is … slightly repaired; it is of three lights in a two-centred head with a moulded label; the middle light is multifoiled … for eternity, and do not make delay." ConditionGood. b(4). King's Head Hotel, shop with dwelling, and house adjoining, …
Three fifteenth-century chronicles
… ac etiam Dominus Thomas Langton Episcopus de Batho [S[anct]i David], 10 cancellarius Cantebrigie et episcopus … visa erat in occidente quasi per quindenam ante festum S[anct]i Johannis Baptiste et post, que extendebat radium … out. Struck out. These words are crossed out. So in MS. King's College. …