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A History of the County of Essex
… took the profits of justice 1 and, from the 13th century at least, held a view of frankpledge there. 2 In 1465 the … Barking that the farmer of Woodford manor should make suit at her hundred court. He claimed that, because of the annual … ceased between 1786 and 1794, but under the pressures of war and bad harvests it became necessary to subsidize food …
A History of the County of Essex
… this church, among others, to the use of the sacristy at Waltham. 2 What exactly was effected by this measure is … space vacated used as a chapel. 48 After the Second World War the north and south galleries, which excluded much light, … (20 June 1911). Kelly's Dir. Essex, 1926; inf. from Church Secretary, Latchett Evangelical Church. Bapt. Handbk. 1947, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 13. 1. 10., and in the patronage of the Crown: the tithes … Sir Richard was chancellor to Edward VI., and Sir Robert secretary for Ireland in the reign of Charles II. It is now … by her favours. Seal and Arms. During the civil war of the 17th century, the palace was besieged and much …
A History of the County of Sussex
… William Percy was taxed in Tipnoak hundred in 1378, 47 and at his death without issue in 1407 the manor passed to … The later history has not been traced. A manor house at Woodmancote was mentioned in 1339 and 1434. 71 At the … an open courtyard, were added after the First World War in vernacular style by Fowlers of Cowfold. 96 The manor …
A History of the County of Oxford
… surgeon and mayor (d. 1864), who seems to have lived at no. 16. 85 No. 14 was a private school under the name of … road was converted into cottages after the Second World War. The 1½ d. quit rent of the later no. 16 Oxford Street … the house was the Six Bells; 89 the Bennet family owned at until the later 18th century. 90 John. Wagstaff, publican …
A History of the County of Oxford
… endowed sermons; 'common dues' of 6 d. from each family at Easter yielded c. £5 in 1811, while additional voluntary … In 1686 Bishop Fell provided a rectory house in Woodstock at his own cost, making the corporation trustees of the … in 1641 and flourished until disrupted by the Civil War. 91 In the 17th century rectors frequently employed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west … park, perhaps when the town was founded. 91 The park gate at New Woodstock may not have pre-dated the town: passage … century, later the Blandford Arms until the First World War. From the late 18th century until the early 20th no. 38 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 97 rent-payers, and Adam Bennet, Robert Marshall, John at Green, Richard Marden, and the hospital of St. John, … Caperuns, and Nortons. 71 In 1306, when taxed as demesne at a twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 … on the flesh side of the skin. Until the First World War the army ordered white, pipeclayed gloves in large …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of … the park on the west and south was probably established at its foundation, 15 but it was extended on the north in … The population increased rapidly after the Second World War, reaching 1,715 by 1951 and 2,037 by 1981. Hensington …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and … accounting for the borough's profits, 87 and he did so at least until Woodstock manor was granted to Queen Isabella … in later sources, 29 has not been traced. Until the Civil War political pressure on the corporation was restricted …