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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 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 Somerset
… of Godolphin, settled Yarlington on his wife Henrietta Churchill, duchess of Marlborough (d. 1733) and their …
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 … however, the vicar and churchwardens claimed that the Spencer chapel had been allowed to fall into disrepair …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … and was used in 1921 to make stalls for the chancel. 3 The Spencer chapel contains the largest collection of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 acquired the manor in 1580, but some …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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, … paid £4 4 s. a year, and £2 2 s. was provided from the Spencer bequest. Alderman Fletcher had in 1823 given an …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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 … influence was strengthened by the patronage of the Spencer-Churchill and Dashwood families. 52 He stopped, in 1851, the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 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
… it was bought by William (d. 1609), third son of Sir John Spencer of Althorp. 75 From William Yarnton descended in the … 1718 to Benjamin Swete, formerly army paymaster under John Churchill, duke of Marlborough. 78 Swete devised it on his … 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
… into Roman Catholic families, 36 and in 1646 Sir William Spencer (d. 1657) was allegedly recusant. 37 The only …