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A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th century, was … and burial ground were reconsecrated in 1336 the bishop's licence was granted not to the rector but to the vill. 36 … recorder and M.P., added a treble and in 1666 Sir Thomas Spencer, high steward, a tenor. 32 Probably the new bells …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal park. The town's curving west boundary perhaps represents the line of the … in 1969 and the site used later for a home for the aged, Spencer Court, and a fire station, police station, library, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … of ill-health. Fleetwood was replaced by Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton in 1661, and Edmund Hiorne was restored as …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The borough charter of … 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … eminent lawyers to combine the two offices. 2 Sir Thomas Spencer of Yarnton, M.P. from 1604, 3 declined to stand after …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Woolbeding WOOLBEDING The parish, with an area of 1,950 acres and a population in 1931 of 288, is some 4 … the Confessor by Fulcui, was not included in Earl Roger's rape but was held in 1086 of the king in chief by Odo of … when the Rev. Sir Charles Mill sold it to Lord Robert Spencer. 29 Lord Robert died in 1831 and left the manor to …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woore Woolminstone WOOLMINSTONE, a tything, in the union of Chard, hundred of Crewkerne, Western division of Somerset; … is situated on the road from Ipswich to Bury St. Edmund's, and was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1898 … with stained glass, inserted by the late rector, the Rev. Spencer Cobbold. There are places of worship for Primitive …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in London
… monuments in east London Woolwich 12. WOOLWICH. (O.S. 6-in. London, Sheets (a)L, (b)P.) The Borough of Woolwich consists of the parishes of Woolwich, Plumstead … 1688 (?), headstone with cherub-heads, etc.; (3) to Samuel Spencer, 1714, headstone with skull, etc.; N. of chancel, (4) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Worcester - Wormsley Worcester WORCESTER, a city, a county of itself, having exclusive jurisdiction, and the head of a … cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … near the village. Here stood the manorial residence of the Spencer family, of which some remains still exist. The living …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… Worcestershire Quarter Sessions: 1720s The major creditors of Richard Maris. Ref.110 BA1/1/256/32 (1721) To the … Cheese Joseph [Gride?] Henry Pearsall Thomas Hill Andrew Spencer Niall Penn Josiah [Teamley?] Daniel Edge Edward … To the worshipful Thomas Wild esquire; one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Worcester The …
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 land and a Bordar; and the Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's held the other half, with five acres of land, worth twelve … with worms, His honour decayed, his braunches sere." Spencer. Worlingham Hall, the seat of Lord Acheson, was built …