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A History of the County of Oxford
… all who wished to common there. 16 In 1493, however, the mayor and bailiffs of Oxford seized 10 cattle which William …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote, but it was probably an inn by 1625 when the mayor of Oxford and his party lunched there on their way …
Alumni Oxonienses
… 14 July, 1663; vicar of Aldworth, Berks, 1662. See Mayor, 143; & Foster's Index Eccl. Woodwarde "Semis," of co. …
A History of the County of Essex
… were lords of the manor, 141 and Sir Thomas White (lord mayor in 1877). 142 Michael Godfrey (d. 1695), son of a …
A History of the County of Essex
… Benjamin Thorowgood, alderman of London, who became lord mayor in 1685. 37 Thorowgood (d. 1694) was followed by his …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in length. The chapel was founded by Sir Edmund Shaa, lord mayor of London at the time of Richard III.'s usurpation. The …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… number twenty-five, viz., five aldermen, from among whom a mayor is annually chosen; a high steward; and a recorder, … of an enlarged district, which comprises 21,712 acres: the mayor is returning officer. The corporation, as lords of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of no. 14 Oxford Street. Parker (d. 1719), malster and mayor, was closely concerned in the Blenheim building works … nos. 14 and 16 were sold to H. T. T. Palmer, surgeon and mayor (d. 1864), who seems to have lived at no. 16. 85 No. 14 … sold in 1515 to John Baron (or Barnes), mercer, many times mayor. 79 In the early 17th century the house and its eastern …
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 …