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A History of the County of Gloucester
… Tewkesbury hundred Upper division THE HUNDRED OF TEWKESBURY (UPPER DIVISION) The hundred of Tewkesbury lies in the north-east quarter of the county; it …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Deerhurst with the advowson of St. Andrew to the abbey of Tewkesbury, 39 with which it remained until the Dissolution. …
A History of the County of Warwick
… Windsor, had twenty vessels plying between Stratford and Tewkesbury. In May of that year he was petitioning the Privy …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Charities CHARITIES. The leper hospital commonly said to have been in Tewkesbury in 1200 1 was not there but at Touques (Calvados) … may have existed, for up to the Dissolution the Abbot of Tewkesbury was obliged to provide money in fixed proportions …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Churches CHURCHES. In the 16th century it was said … from the antiquity of the masonry there. A church in Tewkesbury existed at the time of the Conquest, 4 but the … Dodo are unsubstantiated. King Beorhtric was buried not at Tewkesbury but at Wareham. 7 The church of Tewkesbury in the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Economic history ECONOMIC HISTORY. The economic importance of Tewkesbury, through most of the town's history, has resulted … of the Severn as a highway in the 19th century hastened Tewkesbury's commercial and industrial decline. The River …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Introduction THE BOROUGH OF TEWKESBURY Tewkesbury, once a parliamentary borough, lies on the left …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT. In the Middle … within the town was the lord's court. The Abbot of Tewkesbury, however, also exercised extensive privileges, so … corporation, succeeding to the title of the lords of Tewkesbury, had unusually full franchises, and had its own …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of TEWKESBURY, held before the Conquest by the great thegn … 2 each granted charters of privileges to the burgesses of Tewkesbury. 3 After Earl William's death in 1183 the manor, …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… The borough of Tewkesbury Parliamentary representation PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION. Tewkesbury became a parliamentary borough by its charter of … the borough was merged for parliamentary purposes in the Tewkesbury division of the county. 2 The extent of the …