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A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of Winchester so often allowed to the rising boroughs 1 of … make their record before Sir Peter when he went on the Southampton eyre ( quant ilvendre en pays), a favour which …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … from Winchester to Portsmouth, Rochester, London or Southampton, &c.; sums for providing carts for the same, for …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The hospital of St Cross HOSPITAL OF ST. CROSS The hospital of St. Cross was founded in 1136 by … stone a shield which appears to be the arms of the town of Southampton impaling Courtenay with a label. The tinctures …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The soke THE SOKE In the old eastern suburb of the city, the ancient liberty of the Soke, is Cheesehill Street, running north and south, … with timber and stone, &c., coming up the Itchen from Southampton were grounded. The church of St. Peter …
A History of the County of Berkshire
… Windsor castle History THE CASTLE The authentic history of Windsor Castle cannot be carried back beyond the 11th … at Windsor in 1345. In October 1346 Edward returned in triumph from France, and a series of tournaments were held at … and other petty quarrels,' and by a dispute between Lord Southampton and Lord Grey in the queen's presence, which went …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… German) WINESTEAD ( St. German), a parish, in the union of Patrington, S. division of the wapentake of Holderness, E. riding of York, 9 miles … Christchurch, Ringwood and S. divisions of the county of Southampton, 2 miles (N. W. by N.) from Christchurch; …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… Winnall - Winstone Winnall WINNALL, a parish, in the union of Winchester, hundred of Fawley, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, of a mile (N. N. E.) from Winchester; containing …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… Wisbech St. Mary WISBECH ST. MARY Wisbech St. Mary, one of the larger parishes of the Isle, covers an area of some 10,000 acres 1 on the … chalice, paten and flagon of plated metal by Cox & Son of Southampton. There are five bells in the tower by Osborn and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… century its economic fortunes were closely linked to those of the woollen and cloth industries nationally, although it retained the range of occupations typical of a small, prosperous market and … he was assessed on goods worth 60. Besides interests in Southampton and lands in Gloucestershire he had dealings with …
A History of the County of Oxford
… borough status. 1 By the early 14th century some parts of its economy were apparently contracting, notably the local … and certainly an assertion that it ceased to be 'a centre of trade' and that the borough 'hardly deserves its name' 2 … the town's economy more generally. 45 Goods imported from Southampton in the 1460s and 1470s included wine and oysters, …