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A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market … his workshop and malt, grain, and cattle on his Hensington farm. 28 The later 17th-century mercers Thomas Sparrow and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property … to the trustees in 1598 in final settlement of Cornwell's gift. 91 A sum of £50 given earlier by the Dolmans directly … 50. 54 There was a succession of boarding schools at Manor Farm, Old Woodstock: a girls' school established there from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … Park 6 and was perhaps founded only shortly before Henry's death in 1189, for in 1194 its rents apparently yielded …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to farm, yielding between 4 and 6 4 s. a year in the period …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wool 52 WOOL (8486) (O.S. 6 ins. aSY 88 NW, bSY 88 NE, SY 89 SW) The modern parish … the river Frome between 200 ft. and 50 ft. above O.D. The S. part slopes from Chalk in the S.W., through areas on … The third settlement, Woodstreet, is now represented by a farm of c. 1600; it is situated in a small valley on Reading …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the manor, was sold in 1872 by Henry, Duke of Beaufort, to S. S. Marling. 5 Sir Percival Scrope Marling presented in 1931, … Rep. Com. Char. 114. Ex inf. Mrs. P. Guest, of Plusterwine Farm. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… than Woolaston. 9 Rents of assize between £6 and £6 10 s. were received from Aluredston manor by the lordship of … and Brockweir and the manor of Aluredston were all held at farm, Brockweir being leased to a number of tenants. Aluredston was worth only £3 10 s., but receipts of £25 12 s. 8 d. from fixed rents and …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… scarp of Madgett Hill. The promontory on which Ferry Farm stands was called Yewtree Headland ( Iwes Heafdan) in … size of the hamlet is that in 1769 there was a blacksmith's shop. 28 Most of the older houses in the parish are in two … The deep valley east of Brockweir is crossed by Offa's Dyke, constructed between c. 784 and c. 796, and here …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… the Crown until c. 1115 when Henry I gave them to William's grandson Walter de Clare (d. c. 1138). Walter founded … (d. c. 1148) and between c. 1148 and 1155 by the latter's son Richard (d. 1176). 10 The manor was held by Tintern … near the Gloucester-Chepstow road for his own use. 25 The farm-house was probably the house with 5 hearths in 1662 …
A History of the County of Somerset
… east - west street. They include Dawbins, Jacobs, Tassel's Cottage, no. 4 Vicarage Road, and Apple Tree Cottage. … of the main street. In Lower Road they include Causeway Farm, dated 1734 and with old-fashioned ovolo-moulded … Sir John Hody (d. 1441), chief justice of the king's bench. 6 Fifty horsemen, a foot company from the Bridgwater …