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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Mary I (1553-58) ANNO 1 MARY. Monday next before the Feast of S. Benedict, Abbot [21 March]. Bolton (Christopher), … and in the 'Liber Cust.' (Rolls Series, i. 104-5). The price of bread of all kinds, annually settled by the Mayor …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Wilton - Wimpole Wilton WILTON, a hamlet, in the parish of Hale, union of Whitehaven, Allerdale ward above Derwent, … united to the rectory of Hockwold, and valued in the king's books at 6. 7. 6. The church is in the decorated and later … inhabited; it hath bene a very large thing, and was in price in the tyme of the West Saxon kinges. Ther be in and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… town government MEDIEVAL TOWN GOVERNMENT In the reign of Henry I the leading burgesses secured the right to organize themselves into a Guild Merchant, but the price paid for the privilege is unknown. 1 This Guild … John confirmed it in almost the same words, 5 and for John's confirmation the burgesses of the Guild Merchant paid the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… MEDIEVAL TRADE AND INDUSTRY The economic importance of Wilton in the postConquest period attracted a number of … and dubbers were at one time fairly important in the town's industry. Records of the last two decades of the 13th … the bailiffs of Wilton were ordered to proclaim the assize price of wine to be sold within the borough, 38 and in 1242 …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by … in his reign, characteristically ignoring his predecessor's charter, doubled the number of days allowed by his … or receive ale of more strength or goodness or higher price than such common brewers of the city shall sell.' The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of … 2 and blinding. This law may well have been the Conqueror's. In the reign of his youngest son we hear 3 of a fine paid … too, the bishop's treasury received several payments, the price of the chattels of felons who had eloigned themselves …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was … provides, are that fourteen of the burgesses paid 25 s. to the abbey of Romsey, 9 that the abbey of Wherwell held … presented Walter Hore for selling ale below the statutory price, and John Coldstone for having a trough in Wongar …
A Dictionary of London
… Wind Mill Alley - Wingfield Place Wind Mill Alley West out of Minories. In Portsoken Ward (O. and M. 1677). Site now … Lane. Windgoose Court See Wild Goose Court. Windillow's Court In Blackfriars (Strype, ed. 1755, and Boyle, 1799). … Jewry granted to Balliol College, Oxford, in 1293 (Price's Guildhall, p.42). Windmill Court South-west out of …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … Archbishop of Canterbury, who to the Bishop of Salisbury's claim that Windsor Castle was in his diocese successfully … of the City, which was restored to favour at the price of 10,000, 'collected of the Commons in great …
A Dictionary of London
… Wingoose Alley - Wolkaye Wingoose Alley South out of Thames Street, north of the Steel Yard (Rocque, 1746). … century. Name derived from owner or builder. Winkworth's Wharf South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 41, on the … Laurence Jewry, granted to Balliol College, Oxford, 1293 (Price's Guildhall, p.42). See Wyewall (St.), Soke of. Wire …