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A History of the County of Oxford
… and in 1649 John Nixon, founder (in 1658) of a school in Oxford, gave a Latin thesaurus to the 'public school' of … the Provost and four senior Fellows of Oriel College, Oxford, which Box had attended, became Visitors. Mary Box …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) west of Oxford, originated as a planned medieval market town and … in the town paid poll tax in 1377, however, when only Oxford, Banbury and Thame among Oxfordshire market towns … between Radcot and Oxford. 89 From 178990 the rival Oxford canal and Thames and Severn canal, with wharfs at Lechlade …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 19th century to have been plague retreats of Oxford colleges. 16 The only confirmed example is Nos. 235 … Green, whose site was given to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1525, and where 86 was spent in 15268 probably on … of the town, and many others on the edge of the town along Oxford Road in Newland. 108 Some cottages may have been built …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of nuisances and transportation of prisoners to Oxford at the bailiffs' cost. That, together with the … century they still bore the cost of conveying prisoners to Oxford. 148 Petty crime, including theft, assault, and … 152 and as late as 1752 the justices ordered a prisoner in Oxford castle to stand in the pillory at Witney. 153 Stocks …
A History of the County of Oxford
… an agreement of 1852, it was transferred to the bishop of Oxford, whose successors presented thereafter. 21 Endowment … but owed a rent charge of 4 6 s. 8 d. to Merton College, Oxford, granted in 1518 in return for college premises … Wykeham, was his uncle's first warden at New College, Oxford, 52 and Lionel Woodville (14759), brother-in-law of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… both in the popularity of Puritan church lecturers from Oxford, and in subsequent complaints against the alleged … century the combined meeting belonged to the newly formed Oxford Baptist Association, and in 1807 it joined the … the church was served by students from Mansfield College, Oxford, but there were also some settled and successful …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney was established with a bequest from Daniel Hanley, Oxford's first Roman Catholic mayor: a room supplied by the … celebrated on a monthly basis by visiting priests from Oxford and, later, from Buckland (then Berks.). 11 An oratory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… appropriators, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… by computation, and is intersected by the Basingstoke canal, and the London and South-Western railway, the latter … separated by the river Learn, at its eastern boundary. The Oxford canal passes through it. The living is a discharged … appropriators, the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford. The great tithes, exclusively of Little Wolford, have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… of [Elizabeth, widow of above and wife of John, Earl of Oxford, 1537], large figure of woman in heraldic cloak with … (3) of Thomas Westeley, chaplain to the Countess of Oxford, 1535, figure of priest in mass vestments with chalice …