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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… EDWARD III. Monday next after the Feast of Conversion of S. Paul [25 Jan.]. Northerne (Thomas le).To the high altar of the church of S. Michael upon Cornhull six shillings and eightpence. To … hath lodged there." It went by the name of 'Fisher's Folly' ('Survey,' Thoms's ed., 1876, p. 62). The date, as …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… provides, are that fourteen of the burgesses paid 25 s. to the abbey of Romsey, 9 that the abbey of Wherwell held … inhabitants of the suburb of Winchester used to pay 12 s. 11 d. to the king as of his manor of Basingstoke. 11 The … in the High Street. Players and the 'drama' found scant welcome in Winchester at any time. In 1618 the court decided …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality stone building … been built parallel to the street. A house on High Street's east side, described in 1704, had a parlour, hall, entry, … have acted under duress. 316 Perhaps only marginally less welcome was the presence of soldiers from the Oxford garrison …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the growing centrality of Nonconformity to the town's social and civic as well as religious life (Figs. 546). An … house on High Street from the mid 1920s to 1955; the Welcome Evangelical church took over the building two years … edn), 64. Gott, Bk. of Witney (1986 edn), 65; inf. from Welcome Evangelical Church (2002). Oxf. Mail, 21 Apr. 1976, 6 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Introducer of errors, that hater of truth, that lover of folly, and that mortal foe to Dr Reason, hath taught the … (1727)]. Alternatively it could refer to a child's hobby-horse or a TOY horse, but probably not to a ROCKING … tea, possibly the same one, was still on sale in the U.S.A. during the1850s. It had its own entry in an American …
A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … twentieth, c. 43 contributors paid a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 Woodstock's assessment of c. 40 s. was paid by only 18 inhabitants, of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property … to the trustees in 1598 in final settlement of Cornwell's gift. 91 A sum of £50 given earlier by the Dolmans directly … continued to be lent out at interest for the master's benefit until taken in hand in 1640. 92 Thomas Fletcher (d. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in part by other evidence, but Woodstock was one of Henry's principal residences before and after his association with … of trade to the vicinity of the court, and Henry's motives probably included a desire for rents and tolls as … hinterland. The streets were regularly decked to welcome distinguished visitors to Blenheim, 13 of whom some …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King John's reign the market and probably the rents were put to farm, …
A History of the County of Sussex
… had led to the accumulation of shingle, and Worthing's former fine, hard sands 78 had been replaced by a pebbly … 87 Those conditions were a principal cause of Worthing's growth as a resort, and afterwards of the expansion of the … day visitors from London. Such visitors were not always welcome, and the Sunday promenade was said on that occasion …