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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… and in 1659 an attempt was made to demolish it; the churchwardens were, however, prevented from doing this ( …
A History of the County of Sussex
… continuous squabbles with parishioners in the 1670s, the churchwardens presenting him in 1679 for, among other things, … Benjamin Hoffman 12 was similarly at odds with the churchwardens, who presented him in 1685 for, among other …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 71 and a headborough and an aletaster in 1560. 72 Two churchwardens were recorded from 1582; between 1664 and 1812 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… charities under the trusteeship of the rector and churchwardens: the ecclesiastical charities were the rector's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… church-wardens were making an annual payment to the Bladon churchwardens, usually called the Bladon composition, rising … arose after a Scheme of 1909 made the rector and the churchwardens of Woodstock trustees of the rectory house …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was acquired, presumably from the park. 26 In 1678 the churchwardens bought the maypole and in 1742 the corporation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the profits of Whitsun ales (69), which were passed to the churchwardens; by the 1640s the chamberlains were handling … mostly from chantry property technically belonging to the churchwardens. 2 In 1504 the corporation granted away a house … 1894 Local Government Act, the corporation acquired the churchwardens' and overseers' powers to appeal against the …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… gave an annuity of 20 s. for the poor and 2 s. to the churchwardens in 1595. 24 The charity to the poor was … Bristol gave £100 in 1618 26 which was to be lent by the churchwardens to employ ten poor widows in spinning, each …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Ex inf. the Secretary, Incorporated Church Building Soc.; churchwardens' acct. bk.; Colvin, Biog. Diet. of Eng. …