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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… Augustinian canons was founded by William Montagu, Earl of Salisbury, in 1338, still known as Bisham Abbey, on the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… only to the meadows of Durnford parish. The road from Salisbury to Amesbury runs between the river and the downs, … to Wincanton runs across the north-west tip, and the old Salisbury-Devizes turnpike through the extreme west, of the … and 100 a. of woodland. 8 The road coming north from Salisbury enters the parish on the spur between Upper …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… a market-town, locally in the hundred of Branch and Dole, Salisbury and Amesbury, and S. divisions of Wilts, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Salisbury, and 85 (W. S. W.) from London; containing, with … John, supposed to have been founded by Hubert, bishop of Salisbury in 1189, and archbishop of Canterbury in 1193, is …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 1498 when the last presentation was made by the Bishop of Salisbury by reason of a voidance. 12 In the course of the … in the bishop's register of benefices in the diocese of Salisbury in 1383 mentions a church of East (now North) … accounts of 14412 record payments to a man of New Salisbury for the great bell of the church. 43 About 1628 a …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… amounted to little more than an unimportant suburb of New Salisbury. The decay was gradual, but certain landmarks point … of Wilton held the monopoly of the routes from the west of Salisbury. Despite these advantages, and indeed at the very … in 1244 10 to give direct access from the west to New Salisbury destroyed the long monopoly of Wilton over the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the end of the 11th century he transferred his seat to Old Salisbury. 5 In all other respects, however, Anglo-Saxon … army plundered and burnt Wilton before going on to Old Salisbury. The fortunes of the town were thus seriously … Wilton took refuge within the more defensible area of Old Salisbury where, for the time being, they carried on their …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… 7 The development of the broadcloth industry in New Salisbury, however, seems to have taken place in the 16th … Wilton cloth was being marketed by the merchants of Salisbury together with their own cloth, and exported … time, as that of her more powerful neighbour. Merchants of Salisbury such as William Webb 10 and Thomas Coke 11 were …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… IV, and his wife Isabel, granddaughter of the Countess of Salisbury, who were jointly seised of it, 19 but after the … it was held by the Crown. In 1513 Margaret, Countess of Salisbury, daughter of George and Isabel, was restored to the … when William of Wilton granted his land in Bulbridge to Salisbury Cathedral, he was said to hold it of the abbey. 30 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… s. 6 A conflict over market rights between Wilton and New Salisbury had begun at least by 1240 when it was alleged that markets were held in Salisbury every day of the week, instead of only on Tuesdays … violent and illegal means, for while, in 1274, the men of Salisbury complained that for the past five years the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… any way competing with the growing cloth industry of New Salisbury, and this failure to do so would account above all … that these may have been working for the clothiers of Salisbury. In contrast to the scanty evidence of industrial … amount of trade to the town until the rivalry of New Salisbury made itself effectively felt. Details of the great …