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A History of the County of Hampshire
… the wool and cloth trade finally re-established the staple system and Winchester as one of the eight staple towns of England by statute of 1353. 76 The year of the final establishing of the staple system, 1353, Henry Rende and John atte Mersshe, the …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… (Tower Street), 'Bredenestret' (probably on the site of Staple Gardens), Scowertenestret (Jewry Street), … of importance unless it could have been utilized as the Staple House at a later date, 14 since Staple Gardens, marking the vicinity of the Staple House, are …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… in the compotus of the taxes for the mending of the staple house in the city, John Lacey, alderman of Tanner …
A History of the County of Oxford
… eldest son Richard Wenman (d. 1534), a Merchant of the Staple, was equally wealthy, leaving lands at Witney, … more onerous. 110 At first meetings were held in the Staple Hall Inn, and a barn on the west side of High Street … some prosperous townsmen. Job Townsend (d. 1763) of the Staple Hall Inn left goods worth 450, mostly furnishings and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a subsidy commissioner and possibly a merchant of the Staple. 80 Richard Martin, a Witney woolman and butcher, had …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and in the 1880s the industry was still called the town's 'staple' trade. 3 Difficulties in the 1850s, when the town's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a surcharge. 77 In the 1840s the post office was in the Staple Hall Inn; it was subsequently moved to near the … Worcester, Ludlow, or Hereford, chiefly from the Staple Hall, King's Head and White Hart inns. 82 Following … Oxford once a day and a daily omnibus to Oxford from the Staple Hall Inn, and by the 1860s both had ceased. 84 An …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1850s county magistrates held courts in the town hall or Staple Hall Inn. 197 A purpose-built County Court, on the … ended in a donkey race from the church door to the Staple Hall [inn] and back', with 'every rider . . . placed … 1653, 355 and leading clothiers evidently frequented the Staple Hall Inn in the 1690s when one of them, who happened …