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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… Wells, Aldbourne, with inscriptions of 1776 and 1777 and churchwardens' names, I. Topp, W. Topp and D. Kent. Clock: In …
A History of the County of Oxford
… throughout the period, however, at the discretion of the churchwardens and other charity trustees. 16 The Freeland … in the town, part of the income was regularly paid to the churchwardens and overseers to keep down poor rates, a policy … with responsibility for seven or eight charities; the churchwardens, with responsibility for four; the Freeland …
A History of the County of Oxford
… built. A new padlock for the shambles was provided by the churchwardens in 17923, and a partly occupied row remained in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… implying that it was then out of use. 4 About 1571 the churchwardens glazed its windows, 5 and small bequests for … The Hill) at Market Square, given to the rector and churchwardens for use as a school by the family of Dr Charles …
A History of the County of Oxford
… wealth and prestige. At a vestry in 1663 the vicar and churchwardens were asked to rectify the 'great disorder' of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… with parish officers, 57 as when the bailiffs, overseers, churchwardens, and others provided a character testimonial to … the Middle Ages, and presumably appointed and oversaw the churchwardens recorded from the late 15th century. 65 By the … leading inhabitants met once a year around Easter to elect churchwardens and to audit their accounts, the assembly being …
A History of the County of Oxford
… university, seem mostly to have done so. 60 In 1520 the churchwardens reported that the rector and vicar were absent, … schoolmaster. 67 From the 1570s vicars regularly attended churchwardens' meetings, and by then most were probably … in 1636 blew the top of the spire into the church; the churchwardens specified that it should be rebuilt 'in a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… which was broken up by the justices. In 1682, after the churchwardens again reported nothing amiss, the bishop …
A History of the County of Essex
… Feedham, by will proved 1718, bequeathed to the rector and churchwardens £50 to invest in land for the benefit of poor …