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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… to Wisbech occurs c. 1000, when Oswy and Leoflede, on the admission of their son Aelfwin as a monk, gave the … eels, and two fishermen in the vill paid the abbot 13 s. 4 d. and 14,000 eels. Another fisherman produced 5,000 eels … was held by the bishop in severalty; its value depended on whether it had been recently flooded. The results of the …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… here, those in April and October at Ely. 9 The Shire Hall on the east side of the Market Place was pulled down in 1810; … (now Victoria Road) designed by Basevi. This was a small prison (forty-three cells) and was closed and demolished in … was in Upper Hill Street, in 1793. 19 In 1851 it was in Cornhill, 20 and the present building in Bridge Street dates …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… the Privy Council asked the Bishop of Ely (Cox) to report on the suitability of Wisbech Castle for this purpose. It was … allowed outside the castle grounds. The diet of the Fleet prison was to be adopted. This was defined as 16 s. a week … commons and 10 s. for gentleman's, with 6 s. 8 d. and 2 s. 4 d. respectively for their lodgings. 55 During this second …
Physicians and Irregular Medical Practitioners in London 1550-1640
… (?bro Robert's admon 1568). Known London address Tower (in prison) Parish Tower Liberty = St Peter ad Vincula (in the … In trouble before membership Yes Other notes Lic on his humble petition Date of death 1599 Censorial hearings … cash and for the rest of his life he should pay annually £4 in quarterly instalments. This he willingly promised to …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wealth per person in Witney was by then slightly higher. 4 Buoyed by the presence of wealthy wool merchants and by a … at Witney, Caswell, Cogges, and Lew: in 1524 he was taxed on goods worth over 860, a sum unrivalled within the county … assessment. 23 From the later 16th century wool merchants on this scale largely disappeared from Witney, to be replaced …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from Witney quarries was mentioned from the 14th century, 4 and the name Crundell (later Corn) Street referred probably … century. No. 49 Market Square is a timber-framed house on a prominent island site, formerly jettied on the principal … as MP for Middlesex and his subsequent release from prison. 336 Lords of Witney manor seem to have exercised …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the rural townships following the borough's foundation. 4 A separate borough court, sometimes called a portmoot, was … or small portmoot met usually around 612 times a year on a Wednesday or Friday, and the two tourns, lawdays, or … in the 18th century. 155 Prisons and Lock-Ups The king's prison at Witney was mentioned in 1261 when, during a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… rector. 3 Probably that tendency, too, was focused on prominent clothiers and other tradesmen; inhabitants … in the 1640s seem to have included a Witney clothier, 4 while the Presbyterian preacher William Martin (d. 1686) … the Witney bridewell, 78 and some Witney members were in prison in the 1690s, 79 while the meeting's concern in 1686 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… from Brize Norton, refused to sign the Protestation oath. 4 Later recusants, never from more than three or four … of lower status, associated probably with a group centred on the Greenwood family's manor house at Brize Norton: a … oratory at Ham Court in Bampton, with mass celebrated on a monthly basis by visiting priests from Oxford and, …
A Dictionary of London
… Lane. Stow says the lower part of the lane was built on by the Earl of Shrewsbury and the other part stopped up and built on by the Chamberlain of London (S. 42). First mention: … with the "Wodehawe" and the alley towards the Thames, 4 Rich. II. (H. MSS. Com. 9th Rep. p.4). "Wodewarf," 14 Ed. …