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Calendar of State Papers Domestic: William and Mary
… Rupert Billingsley is captain, in the same; for Thomas Witney, gent, to be lieutenant of the company, of which …
Statutes of the Realm
… the time being The Bayliffs of Burford Chippingnorton and Witney for the time being. For the University of Oxford. …
William III, 1697-8: An Act for granting to His Majesty the Su[m]m of One Million foure hundred eighty foure thousand & fifteene Pounds one Shilling eleaven Pence three Farthings for disbanding Forces paying Seamen and other Uses therein menc[i]oned. [Chapter X. Rot. Parl. 9 Gul. III. p. 2.]
Statutes of the Realm
… the time being The Bayliffs of Burford Chipping Norton and Witney for the time being. For the County of Rutland. The …
Alumni Oxonienses
… at Cambridge 1677, as Wetenhall, see page 1605. Witney, Foulke (Phocas, Focas or Fowcas Witnay) B.A. 5 June, … 1527; chaplain Magdalen Coll. 1530. See Bloxam, ii. 126. Witney, William created B.A. from Pembroke Coll. 16 Jan., …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… instituted to the rectory in 1538, and held it till 1554. Witney (St. Mary) WITNEY ( St. Mary), a market-town and parish, and the head of … environs are pleasant, being varied with hill and dale. Witney has long been celebrated for its manufacture of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Charities for the poor CHARITIES FOR THE POOR … 2 The cottages remained part of the reconstituted Witney Town Charities in the late 20th century. 3 Under a … were founded in the early 18th and early 19th centuries by Witney businessmen living in London, both of whom made other …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: agriculture AGRICULTURE After the creation of the town Witney manor, encompassing the three rural townships, … the Middle Ages from the bishop's manor house near Witney church, with its extensive agricultural buildings; 2 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ancient mills ANCIENT MILLS In 1086 Witney manor included two water mills together rendering 32 … the 12th-century manorial precinct, and of Woodford or Witney Mill at the town's northern end, at what may both have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: ecomonic development since … to improve infrastructure and attract new industries if Witney was not to become largely a dormitory town, a … national recession of the 1970s and 1980s, which affected Witney seriously, slowing but not reversing its industrial …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Economic history: economic life 1500 to 1800 ECONOMIC LIFE 1500 TO 1800 From the 16th century Witney's economy was dominated by its expanding cloth … for around 10 per cent. 2 In the early 16th century Witney was a small but expanding town of probably under 1,000 …