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University of London: the Historical Record (1836-1926)
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Speeches of O. Cromwell, ed. W. C. Abbott, i. 343; J. Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva (1647), 12. H. Cary, Mems. of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… c. 300 men were reported to be at work on it. 122 Joshua Sprigge, writing immediately after the second siege of … 6767, 688, 690, 691; Bodl. MS. Bodley 313, f. 82. J. Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva (Lond. 1647), 253. L.J. viii. 551 b; …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the almshouse was amalgamated with the charities of Joshua Sprigge, Mr. Metcalfe, and Captain Smith to form the … almshouse, which was rebuilt at a cost of 440. 9 Joshua Sprigge of Crayford (Kent) by will dated 1684 had left the … poor to work. 10 In 1706, after a Chancery case, William Sprigge was ordered to pay the corporation the 500 together …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 279 and one of the town's benefactors, Joshua Sprigge, a leading Independent author, appointed a fellow of … by Parliament in 1648 in order to reform the University. Sprigge was described by Anthony Wood as 'of civil … Dom. 16457, 418, 4201. Beesley, Hist. Banbury, 41920; J. Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva, 253. Beesley, Hist. Banbury, 418, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… being used only to house them, for in that year Joshua Sprigge left money for building a workhouse. The money was … who seems to have received the interest on the residue of Sprigge's legacy to buy materials to set the poor between the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1, no. 05/15; Beesley, Hist. Banbury, 345. Ibid. 364. J. Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva, 251. E 317/Oxon. 8. Beesley, Hist. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… they rebuilt the almshouse in 1711, acted as trustees for Sprigge's charity, endowed the Blue Coat school, and gave a …