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A History of the County of Wiltshire
… nonconformity CHURCHES Leland's assertion that there were formerly twelve or more parish churches of Wilton, if accurate, must be taken … of the medieval churches was St. Michael's, South Street, which existed in 1200, for in that year Henry, son of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… transfer of the county court from Wilton to either Devizes or Marlborough was seriously considered, and in 1280 a jury … finally fell into total decay; a guild tenement in West Street, which in 1410 brought in 6 s. a year was reduced to a … and the annual rent of another tenement at the end of Frog Lane was reduced from 12 s. to 5 s. 27 The topography of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… c.1500 INDUSTRY SINCE c. 1500 The fortunes of Wilton which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and … made by the men of Wilton in the earlier 16th century, or indeed at any period before then. Boys were apprenticed to … not negligible, and after the dissolution of the abbey the sheep and pasture rights of the abbess and her community …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… in the rent was due to an increase in Wilton's prosperity, or to Hervey's efficiency, or his severity, can only be a matter for speculation. In … hides. These estates, together with many other properties formerly belonging to the abbey, were granted to Sir William …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… fair. In 1433 Henry VI granted the right of holding two sheep fairs in May and September respectively. 26 In 1496 a … fair has been held annually early in October, and another, formerly held annually early in August at Britford, has been … of the land called 'Between Bridges', off East (now North) Street, was meadow land until recent years, and there the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… the succeeding year. 20 The steward, two coroners, reeve or portreeve, and four auditors were all elected on the same … variously styled clerk of the borough, mayor's clerk, or town clerk. From the middle of the 15th century, when it … of the churches of St. Michael, and St. Nicholas, West Street, the Prior of St. John's Hospital, and the Warden of …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… they appear to have inhabited a quarter known as Glover Street. Since, however, the name of this street apparently … the past, in the number and variety of the merchants, who formerly would have brought their meat, fish, cloth, wax, and … oxen for the king, 27 and the purveyors of oxen, cows, and sheep also made their purchases at Wilton and elsewhere for …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… constantly subject to attempts at definition by charter or by-law. As time went on observations made on the charters … hitherto. There were five wards, namely, Kingsbury, East Street, West Street, South Street and Minster Street; the … were almost entirely lacking; Wilton was policed as formerly by two elected head constables, and two petty …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… churchwardens as trustees from Walter Dyer, of Chancery Lane, London, by his will dated 1706. A schoolmaster, chosen … in 1731 laid down that a schoolhouse in East (now North) Street, already purchased with part of Dyer's money, was to … year for placing four boys at 5 each to handicraft trades or husbandry; surplus income was to be saved for repairs and …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… used PUBLICATIONS OF THE WILTSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY ( formerly the Records Branch of the Wiltshire Archaeological …