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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … appropriated to the support of sixteen aged men and twelve women. Some almshouses founded by Richard Inglethorpe for six … lands, for eight aged men, and two aged and unmarried women to wait upon them; the endowment produces an income of …
Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541-1857
… the ten canons, all of whose prebends were in the king's gift, and were always referred to by their numbers. 1 A few … dioceses. The prebends reverted to being in the sovereign's gift, although Mary granted the right of collation to … at the accessions of Mary and Elizabeth: early in Mary's reign the bishop and dean of Worcester were removed, and …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… way throughe the church yeard where fyndinge twoe begger women in the churche porche gave a grote to the younger to ly with her, where there was such a [s...e?] betwene them thatt there was shakte owt of his …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of land and a Bordar; and the Abbot of Bury St. Edmund's held the other half, with five acres of land, worth twelve … gules, a cross engrailed, and a canton arg. Fitz-Osbert's shield was gules, 3 bars gemelles or. [Pedigree of … Vicar of Mutford, gave to Gonville Hall, Cambridge, Pain's Close in Worlingham, of forty shillings per annum rent, for …
A History of the County of Essex
… and Poleghelegh which bordered Robert of Horkesley's wood in 1290, were probably assarts near the Little … 19 A rat catcher was recorded in 1863 and 1881. 20 Women's work included osier peeling at Bottengoms for basket … from 25 in 1851 to 14 in 1891, but by 1891 as many as 23 women were employed in tailoring outwork. Repre- sentatives …
A History of the County of Essex
… which the parish takes its name (originally Withermund's ford) was probably that over the river Stour by the … and badminton clubs, organizations for young people, women, and the retired, and a handbell ringers' group; the … 200/5; J.S. Hull, 'The River Stour Navigation Co.', Suff. Institute of Arch. xxxii. 250; W. Beaumont, Wormingford, a …
A History of the County of Essex
… usual two. A salaried overseer was recorded in 1822. 30 Women were elected as parish officers in 1785, 1807, and … the workhouse. In 1776 the workhouse master was paid 20 s. a week for 13 inmates from which he was to provide food, … who went out to work. From 1778 he agreed to pay doctor's fees, except for smallpox and fractures. Numbers in the …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire
… in Buckinghamshire Worminghall 100. WORMINGHALL. (O.S. 6 in. (a)xxxi. N.E. (b)xxxi. S.E.) Eccleslastical b(1). Parish Church of St. Peter and St. … N. of the church, were built in 1675 for six men and four women by John King, son of Henry King, Bishop of Chichester, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… through it. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at 24. 13. 9., and in the gift of Eton College: the … wapentake of Allertonshire, N. riding of York, 3 miles (S. S. W.) fromYarm; containing 143 inhabitants. This chapelry, …