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A History of the County of Essex
… during the Wars of the Roses, John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and his son were beheaded for supporting the … 1470 and 1471 at least 8 Wivenhoe men joined the earl of Oxford and his brother Thomas de Vere in supporting the …
A History of the County of Essex
… and heir Elizabeth married John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and Wivenhoe descended with the earl- dom until 1584 when Edward de Vere, the 17th earl of Oxford, sold it to Roger Townshend of Raynham (Norf.). Roger, … early 19th century. Aubrey de Vere (1137-94), 1st earl of Oxford, granted land in Wivenhoe to Earl's Colne priory. At …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… the Warden and Fellows of All Souls' College, Oxford. The chapel, dedicated to St. Michael, is a neat … An act was passed in 1845 for a railway to Worcester and Oxford, 92 miles long; and in 1846 for a railway to … Birmingham, commencing in junction with the Worcester and Oxford line, and measuring 11 miles in length. Another act …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Wolvercote subject to the church of St. Peter-in-the-East, Oxford, was first recorded in 1236, but architectural … the earlier 19th, curates being nominated to the bishop of Oxford from 1790. In 1866 it was declared a vicarage. In 1976 … were united with those of St. Michael's, Summertown, Oxford, and a team ministry composed of a rector and one or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of meadow, excluding Port Meadow which was described under Oxford. 96 Among the original endowments of Godstow abbey … of firewood, and in 1650 two osier hams were leased to an Oxford basket-maker. 12 There was some conversion of former … like Port Meadow itself, was within the ridden boundary of Oxford and may thus once have been part of the burgesses' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… up to 416. 88 The school, which had been taken over by Oxford City after the boundary changes of 1929, became a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish lying on the north-west of the city and liberty of Oxford, c. 2 ½ miles north of the city centre, contained two … Upper Wolvercote, was absorbed into the built-up area of Oxford in the earlier 20th century, and in 1929 the whole of … fourth and largest (221 a.) between Wolvercote and North Oxford. The extra-parochial areas of King's Weir (0.09 a.) …
A History of the County of Oxford
… work both in the parish 2 and perhaps also in Oxford. There was no workhouse. In 1803 a total of 11 adults, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… afterwards he, Reynold of St. Valery, and the citizens of Oxford added other land on the edge of Port Meadow. 69 At the … CUTTESLOWE were confirmed to St. Frideswide's minster in Oxford in 1004, and in 1086 Siward held the estate of the … Edward Glynton and Nicholas Todd, acting for the city of Oxford. In 1555 the city sold it to John Coxhead and John …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and his uncle Edmund Reynolds of Gloucester Hall, Oxford, who was buried in Wolvercote in 1630, were also … a congregation drawn mainly from the new housing in North Oxford. 68 In 1672 James Beckford's house was licensed as a … for Baptist services in 1816; the preacher came from Oxford. 70 The congregation was swelled by the influence of …