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… This old measure had been the standard before Edward III and was still in use into the early-modern period. The yard … to the one for which both Richard Bradley and Eliza Smith gave recipes. Their recipes contained SAFFRON which … have given a yellow tinge [Bradley (1736, facs. 1980)]; [Smith (1758, facs. 1994)]. It is at least probably that the …
A History of the County of Somerset
… shape, measuring 2.5 km. from north to south at its widest and 3 km. from east to west. The only natural boundary is a … Northampton, who in the same year sold it to (Sir) Thomas Smith. 15 The Queen died in 1548 and in 1556 Sir Thomas sold … xix (1), p. 83. Cal. Pat. 1547-8, 143; S.R.O., DD/WR 1. Smith was the author of De Republica Anglorum: D.N.B. S.R.O., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of lot meadows along the Thames, may indicate … seems to have comprised c. 25 a. exclusive of meadow and pasture, 15 and in 1617 a 2-yardland estate contained 44 … were a number of surnames derived from the occupations of smith, weaver, carpenter, gardener, chapman, and clerk. 62 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Manor and other estates Manor and other estates In 1005 Ealdorman Aethelmaer granted 10 … Thomas's daughter and heir Alice and her husband Thomas Smith both died in 1708 and were succeeded by their son …
The Rulers of London 1660-1689
… with Richard BAGNALL, John CRISPE, George POCHIN and Edward SHERWOOD in a brazil warehouse (5) Tory, 1687, … 1641, 1670 (5) Personalty, Jun 1671, £13,182 EIC, RAC and Gambia C stock (RAC stock £400 of original stock, 1671) … mar 1664, at Long Ditton, Surr, Rebecca Davenport, wid (2) Brewer (2) (1) Beaven, I, p 215 (2) Boyd 19501 …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… several summits. There is a barrow on it in the south and, also in the south, it was marked by many stones and … John, 45 who apparently conveyed it after 1617 to Thomas Smith (d. 1637). Thomas settled it on his daughter Mary (d. … until 1853, when William Money-Kyrle sold it to A. C. Smith, whom he had presented as rector in 1852. 38 In 1680 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 13th century Yelford's incumbents were called rectors 1 and the living remained a rectory until 1976, when it was … 1952 Parker sold it with the manor house to B. Babington Smith, whose family retained it when the house was sold in … in the church and the sole memorial is to B. Babington Smith (d. 1993). The register dates from 1813; another, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1853. 19 In 1086 Yelford manor had land for 3 ploughs, 20 and there may have been other, unrecorded, land in the … MS. Top. Oxon. c 118, f. 7 and v., mentioning both Mr. Smith's Great Linthorn and Mr. Hastings's Linthorn. Cf. also … Oxf. Chron. 22 Jan. 1852. Inf. from Mrs. H. Babington Smith P.R.O., HO 107/1731. Except where stated otherwise this …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 58 lies 3 miles (4.75 km.) south of Witney and 3 miles east of Bampton, 59 The village, noted for its … econ. (agric.). Below, manors. Inf. from Mrs. H. Babington Smith. For Taberwell, Wadham Coll. Mun., 86/88, 121, 1234. … SMR air photo. SP 2605 AS. Inf. from Mrs. H. Babington Smith. For Stockwell, Wadham Coll. Mun., 86/121, 123-4. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yelford Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. In 1086 Walter … Ducklington, who sold the manor house to B. Babington Smith in 1952. 61 Of the Lenthalls' tenants at Yelford from … mother, Elizabeth, and her second husband Edward Smith. 85 In 1633 the daughter Elizabeth and her husband …