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Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… the above prison being continually very full of prisoners and many of them for very capitol crimes your petitioner is … having no assistant allowed to assist him in his charge and the present salary so inadequate to the trust that your … worships will condescend to take it into consideration and that you will please to grant him such an augmentation to …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… see the conquerour made it) had one car. in demesne, and twenty-two sochm. on twelve bovats of this land, and twenty-four villains, and eight bord. having twenty-two car. and eight acres of …
The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk
… of Harold, held Worlingham at the time of the Survey, and Roger Bigot was steward of it for the Conqueror, who … establishing an English and Grammar School there, for the benefit of poor children belonging to that town. The above … 1742, while holding the See of Norwich, he instituted two societies in Norfolk and Suffolk for the relief and support …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wormingford is a parish of early woodland clearance, 44 and con- siderable arable farming was recorded from the Middle Ages. Between 1066 and 1086 the number of demesne ploughs increased from 3 to 4, … the parish. Worming- ford failed to derive the economic benefit that a railway in the parish would have brought. By …
A History of the County of Essex
… c. 1825. 11 By 1833 it had accommodation for c. 146 and was supported by voluntary contributions and pence, from which the children were given clothing. An … grants from 1880 when the average attendance was 52, and was enlarged for 127 in 1896. 14 A gallery which had been …
A History of the County of Essex
… bank of the river Stour, 6 miles north- west of Colchester and 8 miles south-east of Sudbury (Suff.), covered 2,322 a. … recorded as an inn in 1750, was the meeting place of a friendly society between 1794 and 1849. 87 The one and a half … working men paid subscriptions to the Stoke and Melford Benefit Club to receive a pension at the age of 65. In the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… with the tythings of Burgham, Perry-Hill, West-End, and Wyke, 1424 inhabitants. The parish comprises 6795 a. 3 r. 34 p., of which about 300 acres are woodland, and 1367 common or waste. The Wey and Arun navigation passes through it. The living is a …
A History of the County of York
… Roman canon of the mass, the system of daily offices and the chanting of the schola cantorum. With Paulinus's … victory in 634, called upon the Scottish bishops for help and so brought Aidan to Lindisfarne but it is doubtful how … worship may have persisted even after the Synod of Whitby and the Council of Cloveshoo, for Alcuin, in a letter to the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… deals with the history of Worthing hamlet until c. 1800, and thereafter with that of the town as it was enlarged by … changes recorded above. Broadwater, Durrington, Heene, and West Tarring are, however, all dealt with from c. 1900 … whose summit was represented in 1978 by Richmond Road and Union Place. 52 The hamlet was originally separated from …
A History of the County of Sussex
… 27 Humphrys' alms-houses were founded in 1858 by Robert and Ann Humphrys in memory of their son Harry, for Anglican … land, a £78 yearly rent-charge to pay weekly allowances, and £1,000 stock for maintenance. Two more houses were built … proved 1944 gave £2,000, the income to be applied for the benefit of existing or past poor residents of Worthing, …