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A History of the County of Oxford
… with Bladon parishioners over Woodstock's responsibility for repairs to Bladon church and churchyard, 37 presumably … 4 d. a year; 39 a payment to Bladon in 1555 was probably arrears of the same composition. 40 After the mid 18th … when the chamberlains were persuaded to pay 68 years' arrears; 41 it was paid until the mid 19th century. 42 From …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a chapman, a harper, and a potter. Evidence adduced for a substantial pottery industry in Woodstock is weak, 68 … Higher subsidy assessments in 1541 and 1547 were accounted for chiefly by the inclusion of Leonard Chamberlain, steward … tolls and stallage, nominally 8 a year, was many years in arrears, and after the restoration of the corporation in 1839 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land … the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as well as the need for lodgings and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal … 17th century. 98 In the 1580s the attorney general claimed arrears of 466 13 s. 4 d. for the fee farm, a calculation … resold, for after prolonged neglect of the payment arrears were claimed in 1779 by a private owner, Thomas Wyld, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 12. 15. 10.: the great tithes have been commuted for 212, and the vicarial for 299. 5.; the glebe comprises 5 acres. At Henton is a … flows through the village into the river Frome. A fair for cattle and general traffic is held on the 14th of May. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… at harvest were worked; in addition, labour-services for threshing were provided by Tidenham tenants of the … a further 66 a. attached to Ashwell and Madgett farms. 71 Arrears of wood-sales in 1771-2 amounted to c. £220, but no … in 1787, and Thomas Wade in 1828. 34 Using the Wye, ships carrying between 40 and 138 tons of stone sailed …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… The parish comprises 1898 a. 1 r. 17 p.; it is celebrated for a remarkably fine vein of brick-earth, and the white … of sufficient depth, at the lowest state of the tide, for ships of the largest burthen. In the reign of Henry VII., a … in mean breadth, was excavated; it is capable of receiving ships of the first class, and is entered from the river by a …
The Environs of London
… gave the old market-house (where the cage now is) for the use of the poor 4. Manor. Manor of Woolwich, or … William Hussey, 1714; William Hussey, his son, Solicitor for the City of London, 1776; John Smith, Esq. (son of … school, and endowed it with 33l. per annum, as a salary for the mistress. Thirty children are educated in this …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… ground, they spread themselves over the open country, for the sake of pillage; and the garrison, taking advantage … in the cathedral, and made the necessary preparations for defending their city. The assailants attacked it on the … son, Henry II. In 1149, Stephen, to punish the inhabitants for the assistance which they had given to his opponent, took …