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The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… Worlingham Worlingham. Ulf, a free-man of Gurth, the brother of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and … with worms, His honour decayed, his braunches sere." Spencer. Worlingham Hall, the seat of Lord Acheson, was built …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Yazor Y Yaddlethorpe YADDLETHORPE, a hamlet, in the parish of Bottesford, union of Glandford-Brigg, E. division of the … is ancient, with a tower built in 1612, by Sir Thomas Spencer. He also erected the aisle in which he is interred, … is an altar-tomb, with recumbent effigies of Sir William Spencer and his lady; and the churchyard contains a cross …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Charities Charities Sir Thomas Spencer by will dated 1684 left a rent charge of £7 a year on Windmill field for repairs to the family … however, the vicar and churchwardens claimed that the Spencer chapel had been allowed to fall into disrepair …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in Yarnton is a confirmation, made between 1155 and 1161, of Yarnton chapel to Eynsham abbey. 43 Yarnton was probably a … Brainthwaite, grandfather of the then lord, Sir William Spencer, presented. Oxford University presented in 1646 on … of the church was undertaken in 1611 by Sir Thomas Spencer. 98 A spacious family chapel was built at the east …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Economic history Economic history The presence in Yarnton of detached parts of Begbroke parish, 14 and the sharing of … and the Marshes in the south-east. 24 In 1596 Sir William Spencer was one of the local landlords whose inclosing … for the subsidy of 1581 was second only to that of William Spencer. 66 The process was reversed by Spencer after he …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Education Education Hugh Evans, vicar of Yarnton 1579-1618, and John Goad, vicar 1646-60, kept … on Windmill field of £7 a year, devised by Sir Thomas Spencer (d. 1685) for the maintenance of the monuments in the Spencer chapel or, if not needed there, for Yarnton's poor, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Introduction YARNTON lies 4 miles (6.5 km.) north-west of Oxford, on the north bank of the river Thames. 41 The … been 'widely scattered up and down on the wastes' when the Spencer estate was divided and sold after 1685. 96 Traces of … dispersal may have begun long before the break-up of the Spencer estate. Any houses on the west side of Church Lane …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Local government Local government Yarnton, as part of the honor of St. Valery, had by 1255 been withdrawn from suit at the … were all so assessed. 22 Vestry meetings were held in the Spencer aisle of the church and were usually attended by c. 6 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 63 The land was taken at the Conquest by Remigius, bishop of Dorchester, later bishop of Lincoln, who eventually … it was bought by William (d. 1609), third son of Sir John Spencer of Althorp. 75 From William Yarnton descended in the … Trust. 82 Yarnton Manor was built c. 1611 by Sir Thomas Spencer. The house stood 'near to the old one by the church' …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Yarnton Nonconformity Nonconformity In 1634 the Irish wife of Ellis Perrott, member of a prominent Yarnton family, refused to conform, but her … into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly recusant. 37 The only …