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Calendar of Inquisitions Post Mortem: Series 2, Volume 2, Henry VII
… Lucham, co. Norfolk, 56. ……, manor of, land held of, 56. Lite. See Lyte. Litelmore. See Littlemore. Litelmosett, co. … Lichet Mynster, Lychet Mynstre, co. Dorset, 962. Lyte, Lite, John, 310 bis, 311 bis, 545. ……, Thomas, 310 bis, 311 …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1672 appointed a clutch of county landowners to the ruling lite, including Sir Duncombe Colchester of … of a broadening of the composition of the ruling lite and then on a minor scale. 56 All the major civic … were quite frequently recruited from the city's ruling lite. 78 During the post-Restoration period Gloucester's …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… were signs of changes in the social structure. The narrow lite was reinforced and enlarged by growing numbers of gentry … national society. Other leading members of the Gloucester lite were the mercers, grocers, and similar distributive …
Old and New London
… which were honoured with the presence of royalty and the lite of fashion. Sir Gilbert Elliot, in a letter to his wife, … at the back of the pit, and was usually occupied by the lite of the company, the corps diplomatique, &c., &c. The …
Old and New London
… in the charming grounds of the "Home," is attended by the lite of fashion, and has always been quite a gala day at …
Henley and the Chilterns
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… substantial owner-occupiers. 5 Below this local farming lite was a group of smallholders and labourers who lived in … prosperous in the 16th and 17th centuries, with an lite (by c. 1650) of wealthy maltsters and other traders who …
Henley: Religious History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… 1805 to 70 in 1817. 15 The routine involvement of the town lite was reflected not only in erection of private pews and …
Henley: Social and Political History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… the period Henley lacked the large and wealthy mercantile lite which dominated some medieval towns. In 1327 only 4 out … 8 Beneath these dominant individuals, a broader borough lite was represented by the town guild, 9 which in the 1290s … presumably servants or labourers. By comparison, the upper lite remained small. Only 13 (7 per cent) paid over 20, among …
Henley: Town Buildings
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… by the Birch Reynardsons of Adwell, members of the county lite. 19 Provision remained with the private sector. The …
Henley: Urban Economic History
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 16, Henley-on-Thames and Environs
… 15878, was a vintner. 14 Most unusually amongst the town lite, Ralph Wilkes (warden 15945) was a shoemaker, although … from a wealthier and more fashionable town and local lite. River-based Trades and Barge Operation According to …