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A History of the County of Oxford
… and St. Thomas's day bread was given out regularly by the mayor in the 18th century and early 19th. 93 Separate … in litigation over the charity in 1647, but by 1652 the mayor was distributing the weekly doles as given in Sir … each left £5, 8 together yielding 18 s. to be given by the mayor at Christmas to widows in doles of 6 d. On New Year's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… proctors or chapelwardens accounted annually before the mayor, and the borough's earliest ledger, used chiefly to … claimed to hold the chapel estate for the use of the mayor and commonalty. 46 After the Reformation the … a house in Woodstock to support a chaplain for a year, the mayor strove to prevent the fee passing to David Yale, one of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the shoemaker Edmund Aynger (fl. 1580) all became mayor. Some may have combined their trade with innkeeping, … Robert Austen, variously called chapman and mercer, who as mayor in 1470 apprenticed one of the wealthy Marshalls of … there by the mercer John Barnes (or Baron), ten times mayor in the early 16th century. Weavers, some fairly …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 9 and Dr. William Mavor (1789-1810), also rector and mayor, was a prolific writer of educational books and the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of 1596, when the activities of George Whitton, former mayor and prominent local landowner, were among the … armed association to preserve the peace 7 and in 1800 the mayor appointed special constables to prevent disruption of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of offices: in 1338 the principal officer, by then called mayor, was using his official seal even to authenticate land … were recorded regularly thereafter, 92 and in 1402 the mayor and bailiffs forfeited 5 of felons' goods for allowing … none might be arrested as a villein. They were to choose a mayor and sergeant-at-mace, and the corporation, under the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… it retained town status and the privilege of appointing a mayor and other officers. 2 The name Woodstock (place in the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, implying that the franchise, as in … park office than to his own influence as alderman; while mayor in 1571-3 he fought a costly action against Peniston, … Herbert's disagreements with the king. In October 1640 the mayor and commonalty reported the election of William …
A History of the County of Oxford
… which excluded dissenters, and he later became mayor; he and Godden promoted the agricultural labourers' …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the 31st year of his reign, the government is vested in a mayor, two aldermen, and twelve capital burgesses, assisted …