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A History of the County of Sussex
… earliest known secular building in the village is Coachman's cottage in Church Lane, a probably 16th-century … in North End Road from c. 1982. 97 The poet Andrew Young (d. 1971) retired to Park Lodge in or before 1967. 98 MANORS … 1750. 15 He was succeeded at his death in 1774 by his son Sir William (d. 1777), whose nephew and heir George White …
A History of the County of Somerset
… cuts a steep-sided valley from east to west between God's Hill (107 m. (352 ft.)) and Yarlington Sleights (127 m. … marquess of Northampton, who in the same year sold it to (Sir) Thomas Smith. 15 The Queen died in 1548 and in 1556 Sir … and fined the miller for excessive toll. 37 A court book survives for 1746- 1856 in which sessions, described as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Charities Charities Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of … chapel, with the residue given to the poor on St. Thomas's day. Usually the whole amount was given to the poor, and … Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. 270; O.R.O., MS. Oxf. Dioc. d 577, f. 175v.; Char. Digest, H.C. 292-11, pp. 64-5 (1871), …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the vicarage until the Dissolution. 47 In 1466 the abbey's nominee was rejected as unfit and presentation was made by … 1644 Richard Brainthwaite, grandfather of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented … to every fourth presentation, to his friend George Clarke (d. 1736), fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Clarke devised …
A History of the County of Oxford
… northeast, and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local landlords whose … because of a threatened uprising. 25 The Privy Council's concern may have slowed the process, but it could not … have been improved at that period, its value rising from 8 d. an acre in 1272 to 2 s. in 1304. 37 The practice of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… latter was supported in 1797 by a biannual payment of 18 s. from the overseers and by voluntary subscriptions. The … A rent charge on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir Thomas Spencer (d. 1685) for the maintenance of the monuments in the Spencer …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the muniments at Blenheim and 'early maps' belonging to Sir Henry Dashwood were consulted without success. 45 The … in Yarnton until 1932. 47 That change increased Yarnton's area from 1,644 a. to 1,762 a. (713 ha.). 48 An area known … two or more settlements in Yarnton at the time of Domesday Book, 79 or only a single settlement south and west of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were, unusually, expected to contribute to the lord's scutage. 15 The 'hundred' of Yarnton, so called in 1279, … people, 'half the labouring poor' in Yarnton, were sold to Sir George Dashwood. 33 Casual relief was given in money and … 1288-96, 290. O.R.O., Dash. XV/i/49. Ibid. MS. Oxf. Dioc. d 15, ff. 37v.-40v.; Stapleton, Three Oxon. Pars. 263. Bodl. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted 10 hides at YARNTON, formerly his cousin Godwin's, to his newly founded abbey at Eynsham. 63 The land was … said to be Eynsham's, were held of the bishop by Roger d'Ivri. The estate included 1 hide formerly held freely by … by his brother-in-law John Chamberlain, third son of Sir Leonard Chamberlain of Shirburn. 73 John sold it in 1574 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… married into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly recusant. 37 The only self-confessed Catholic was Sir William's grandson William (d. 1683). 38 John Goad, vicar 1646-60, …