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A History of the County of Oxford
… and selds, suggest active involvement by the bishop of Winchester as lord, interrupted only by untypical leasing of … 1300), an influential master mason who later worked at Winchester under the bishop's patronage. 17 Other inhabitants … to export wool, though he seems to have been acting for a Winchester merchant. 77 Witney men mentioned at Hereford and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… medieval market town and borough, laid out by a bishop of Winchester in probably the late 12th or early 13th century … in the first surviving account roll of the bishop of Winchester. 100 No borough charter survives, however, and … the mid 12th century, it was preceded by the bishop of Winchester's stone-built and moated manor house (the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… parish church and the excavated remains of the bishop of Winchester's manor house show that there was high-quality … who worked at Westminster in 12923 and at Exeter and Winchester a little later, was presumably a native of the … The Middle Ages to the Reformation Medieval bishops of Winchester were wealthy and politically influential …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century bishops of Winchester had secured wide-ranging liberties within their … During the Middle Ages franchises enjoyed by the bishop of Winchester as lord of Witney manor included the right to … may preserve memory of a gibbet, though bishops of Winchester are not known to have had right of gallows at …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the Confessor gave it to Aelfwine (d. 1047), bishop of Winchester, 2 and except for two brief periods during the … it until the mid 19th century, a long-running dispute with Winchester cathedral chapter having been settled in their … who became 6th duke in 1840. 19 In 1833 the bishop of Winchester granted to the benefice of St Michael's, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a rectory, was among the wealthiest in the bishop of Winchester's gift, attracting influential non-residents whose … was first recorded in 1162, when Henry of Blois, bishop of Winchester, granted it to the hospital of St Cross in Winchester. 11 St Cross's ownership was confirmed in 1189, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Wonsington ( Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Winchester, hundred of Buddlesgate, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 5 … books at 46. 15. 7.; and in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester: the tithes have been commuted for 1150, and the …
Alumni Oxonienses
… (both) Hants, until 1700, canon of Chichester 1676, and of Winchester 1680, until his death 11 Jan., 1700; father of … 1722, rector of Harvington, co. Worcester, 1725, canon of Winchester 1726, and rector of Over Wallop 1730-70, and of … 1671, admitted to Merchant Taylors' school 1683; canon of Winchester 1706, rector of Upham 1705, and of Houghton, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 21. 6. 0., and in the gift of the Bishop of Winchester: the tithes have been commuted for 1021. 14.; … parish was anciently a palace belonging to the bishops of Winchester. Woodhay, West (St. Lawrence) WOODHAY, WEST ( St. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… in the union of Basingstoke, hundred of Mainsborough, Winchester and N. divisions of the county of Southampton, 8 …