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A History of the County of Oxford
… by Henry II. The borough was created within Bladon parish and its church remained a chapel of ease, although rarely … rural deanery was established by the mid 13th century, and the rectors of Bladon were often called rectors of … 34 The chapel acquired a measure of independence and was unusually closely controlled by the town corporation. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… marking out of a site, probably confined on the north and east by the road, later Oxford Street, to the Old … called Hensgrove, acquired by the king from the Templars and taken into the park, perhaps when the town was founded. … for pales, penthouses, bulks, porches, staircases, and signs. Rents for pales were usually for fenced areas in front …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but it remained a small community of tradesmen, craftsmen, and royal servants. Service in the park and household is denoted by 13th-century surnames 67 such as … also 2 shoemakers, 2 weavers, and 5 tailors. 27 There are signs in the later 18th century that Woodstock's market …
A History of the County of Oxford
… land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a market to the new residents. 5 The story is … Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with Rosamund and indeed the town … valuable former chantry property, 70 was one of several signs of revival. The right to elect two M.P.s, not invoked …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the burgesses from the outset, in addition to their … parish roads, for cleaning main roads, and erecting road signs. 83 A lighting committee established in 1886 negotiated …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock sent two representatives to parliament in 1302 and two others in 1305; 86 all seem to have been residents and two were members of the prominent Bennet family. 87 The … provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, implying that the franchise, as in mayoral …
A Dictionary of London
… ".Wolkey," 51 Ed. III. 1377 (Cal. L. Bk. H. pp.63 and 65). Other names: " Wollewharf," 1326 (Ct. H.W. I. 319). … Custom House occupied this site. Now called " Custom House and Wool Quays " (q.v.). See New Wool Quay; Old Wool Quay; … North out of Maiden Lane, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677). "Beaumondis Inn" (q.v.) seems to have occupied …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 35,473 a. (14,362 ha.) divided between 15 ancient parishes and several extraparochial places, notably Woodstock, later Blenheim, Park. Eynsham and Woodstock were boroughs and market towns. The area, lying … extraparochial Cutteslowe. At Cogges and Combe there are signs that settlements were re-sited. In the Middle Ages much …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… here delivered of a bastard sonne who prooveth impotent, and shortly after the said Clarke brought a bond and delivered it to the oversee minister of the said parishe … was then a prisoner in the custody of the said Clarke and or since [illegible] convicted of felony, soe that by …