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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… was an assize town from at least 1515-16 7 until 1836 when the liberty of the Isle of Ely was abolished. Assizes were held … alternately with Ely. By the late 14th century quarter sessions were being held at Wisbech. 8 It has remained a …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Wiston WISTON Wiston parish 97 lies north of the South Downs, and is 4½ miles long from north to south and … In the 1640s the parish officers were ordered by quarter sessions to pay weekly maintenance to one pauper, and to pay …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Witcham (St. Martin) WITCHAM ( St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of South Witchford, union and Isle of Ely, county of … 4th, and September 14th. The county magistrates hold petty-sessions for the division every Tuesday; and manorial courts, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its … century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it … transgressions elsewhere, perhaps before the Quarter Sessions. 94 Apprenticeship was enforced by legislation of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction WITNEY BOROUGH Introduction The town of Witney, 1 by the river Windrush some 10 miles (16 km.) … RO, 11M59/B1/100, f. 23; 11M59/B1/203, f. 21; cf. Oxon. Sessions of Peace (ORS 53), p. 86. Hants RO, 11M59/B1/203, f. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials In the 1640s Witney was described as a stone-built town, 2 and the parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was … local govt. (seignorial jurisdiction: medieval cts). Oxon. Sessions of Peace (ORS 53), pp. 424, 735, 829. Pleas Before …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … the vestry. A town crier and bellman gave notice of court sessions, and Richard Brice (d. 1596), keeper and scribe of …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the hundred of Kingsbury, W. … manorial courts occur as occasion requires, and petty-sessions are held on the first and third Tuesdays in the …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Charities for the poor WIVENHOE THE ancient parish of Wivenhoe, c. 3 miles … Essex People, 64-9. V.C.H. Essex, iv. 227; v. 212; Essex Sessions of the Peace, ed. E. C. Furber, 17-18; Morant, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WOLLASTON ( St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Chepstow, hundred of Westbury, W. division of the county … 2nd, for cattle and all sorts of merchandise. Petty-sessions are held every Tuesday; and a court leet and baron, …