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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Church CHURCHES. The name Warminster first occurs in the early 10th century, when the … it is that of Corsley, which was regarded as a chapel to Warminster until the 15th century. 16 The former chantry …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Industry and trade INDUSTRY AND TRADE. Dyers lived in Warminster in 1334 71 and 1452, 72 but little else is known … in the town before the 16th century. 73 John Eyre, a Warminster clothier, bought wool worth £67 from John Thynne …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Introduction WARMINSTER Warminster 1962 Warminster 1 lies at the foot of the downs, near the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Lesser estates LESSER ESTATES. From the 15th … estate which lay mainly on the Boreham side of Warminster was built up by the Gifford family. It derived … first from John Osborne, reeve of the capital manor of Warminster in the early 15th century 56 and a freeholder in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Manors MANORS. WARMINSTER belonged to the kings of England before the … 42 until he came of age by Michaelmas 1204. 43 Thomas held Warminster, except for a forfeiture when he joined John's …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Market and fairs MARKET AND FAIRS. There was a market in Warminster in the time of Thomas Mauduit, lord of the manor … them originated in a mid-13th century grant of a house in Warminster quit of tolls at markets and fairs. 51 The market …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Mills MILLS. Seven mills belonged to the manor of Warminster in 1086 3 but in 1300 the lord of Warminster held only one water mill in demesne, while another …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Protestant nonconformity PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY. … 1642 a woman was presented for disturbing the minister of Warminster in church and holding conventicles at the house of … living in Berkshire, was preaching and keeping a school in Warminster before 1653. 11 In 1659 the vicar complained that …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Roman catholicism ROMAN CATHOLICISM. One papist, an apothecary, lived in Warminster in 1783. 5 No permanent mass centre was founded in …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Warminster Schools SCHOOLS. The chantry priest of St. Laurence was teaching a school in Warminster before the Dissolution. 89 Simon Forman, the … Grammar School was founded in 1707 to teach the youth of Warminster, Longbridge Deverill, and Monkton Deverill, but, …