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A History of the County of Essex
… Introduction WOODFORD Woodford was an ancient parish of 2,146 a., 1 lying about 8 miles north-east of the City of London, at the northern end of Becontree …
A History of the County of Essex
… evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In 1191 the Pope … Thus, for example, Sir Thomas More presented pro hac vice in 1526, Robert Browne, by what right is unknown, in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… - Woodyates, West Woodmancote WOODMANCOTE, a tything, in the parish of North Cerney, union of Winchcomb, hundred of Rapsgate, Eastern division of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The … to those founded in the chantry house on the north side of the church by Thomas Croft (d. 1488). 77 In 1551 the … for the first foundation, under the trusteeship of the vice-chancellor of Oxford University and others and with the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Church Church. The church, of which the south doorway is of the 12th … include a brass, formerly in the chancel, depicting Edward Chamberlain (d. 1543), his wife, and six sons and six …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a gate into the royal …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … its original market, 66 but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the … were accounted for chiefly by the inclusion of Leonard Chamberlain, steward of the manor and park, who in 1547 paid …
A History of the County of Oxford
… free grammar school, two small charity schools, and by the early 19th century several dame schools; it was a popular place for boarding schools, of which some took day pupils. The rector, although a keen … and in 1831 that 'scarcely any residents lacked the means of education'. 85 Continued failure to respond to national …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a … and others dependent on Blenheim suffered when the household was severely reduced in the 5th duke's time …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … as a borough in the early 14th century. 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely … John Crossley, admitted as a compounder in 1555, became chamberlain in 1557 and mayor in 1558, 50 and John Shewsmith, …