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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Westbury, Whorwelsdown, and Highworth, Cricklade, and Staple. It contains the city of Salisbury; the borough and …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… 35). (3) Stocks (03011198), of oak with iron hasp and staple, much weathered, are probably of the 18th-century. (4) …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… condemned to death. Edward III. having made Winchester a staple for the sale of wool, the merchants erected large … in the neighbourhood; and ultimately by the removal of the staple to Calais in 1363. During this reign, Bishop Edington, …
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 …