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A History of the County of Oxford
… in Weald granted to Osney abbey c. 1170 descended with the abbey's estate in Lew, and are treated below. 15 The … Weald, Lew, and elsewhere was built up probably by John Laundels (d. 1361), sheriff and escheator of Oxfordshire, and his son John, a commissioner of the peace. 20 Following Nicholas …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Hundred BAMPTON HUNDRED UNTIL 1844 Bampton hundred, on the west side of the county, covered c. 48,500 a., divided … in Oxfordshire and in Bampton hundred. Widford, owned by St. Oswald's priory in Gloucester, belonged in 1086 to the … and a detached farm of 244 a. belonging to Broughton Poggs parish was transferred to Gloucestershire. The …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Buildings Buildings. The castle, manor-house, vicarages, gaol, and other public … are described elsewhere in this volume. The Hospital of St. John the Baptist, founded early in the 13th century, 1 stood …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Charities Charities for the Poor. By will dated 1443 John Forest, Prebendary of Banbury (d. 1446), bequeathed 66 … rate of 4 d. a week. 1 In 1448 the newly founded guild of St. Mary was authorized to hold property worth 100 marks a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Churches Churches. Banbury church probably originated in the Anglo-Saxon period as the mother church of a large area: … a great barn and several other properties, one of which (St. Sunday's) 17 was said to be formerly the site of the … names; 62 two at least, Richard Brancaster (d. 1301) and John Diestere (fl. 1402), were members of Banbury landowning …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Economic history Economic History. Agriculture. The Oxfordshire portion of Banbury parish was anciently … corresponds approximately with the area (562 a.) of which John Barber held the tithes in 1811. 16 The tenants' lands in … fairs a year, with court of pie powder, on the feasts of St. Peter ad Vincula and St. Luke and the eve and morrow of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… It has been possible, almost continuously since at latest the end of the 15th century, for children living in the town … a religious body. The earliest known school in Banbury was St. John's Hospital school, founded at the end of the 15th …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Introduction BANBURY Origins and Growth of the Town, p. 18. Buildings, p. 29. Castle, p. 39. Manors and … wells. 17 A well on the west side of the town, known as St. Stephen's Well, may have been regarded as a holy well. 18 … bodies were prominent among the rentiers, the Prior of St. John's Hospital holding 32 tenements (compared with only 11 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… government Local Government. Seignorial AdminisTration. The government of Banbury in the Middle Ages was closely … establishment in the 15th century of the wealthy guild of St. Mary, although it was in origin a purely religious body, … with neighbouring towns at that time and Thomas Fisher and John Throckmorton, M.P.s for Warwick and Coventry …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Banbury Manors Manors and Other Estates. In the Anglo-Saxon period Banbury, along with Thame, Dorchester, … 1550 he granted it (with the exception of Hardwick) 15 to John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, afterwards Duke of … and in 1378 granted land in Banbury to the hospital of St. John. 65 He was dead by 1392. 66 His daughter Agnes …