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A History of the County of Somerset
… In 1280 the owners of two thirds of the lordship claimed gallows, tumbrel, pillory, waifs and strays, wrecks of the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… including return of writs, view of frankpledge, and gallows, 9 and in 1272 the bishop, who had a prison in … of the honor of Gloucester, claimed view of frankpledge, gallows, pillory, tumbril, and waif in 1287 16 and their … manor unsuccessfully claimed wider liberties, including gallows, and the free tenants withdrew their suit from the …
A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 7
… 238 Local Government Ellis Giffard (IV) raised and used gallows in Brimpsfield but the abbot of Cirencester as lord …
Broadwell Parish: Kelmscott
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… and Grafton's pastures. The road ran on past Radcot's gallows ( furcas), which presumably stood on or near the …
Broadwell, Langford and Kelmscott: Cotswolds to Thames
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… between Kelmscott and Grafton, passing close to Radcot's gallows. 6 The Thames itself was not only a barrier to be …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… of an ancient castle, about half a mile from which is Gallows' Hill, the place of execution for criminals within …
Broughton Poggs Parish
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 17, Bampton Hundred (Part Four)
… to Eastleach Martin. The latter road was named from a gallows at Shire Gate, to which Broughton Poggs village was … OHC, tithe map; ibid. Langford inclo. award and map; for gallows, below, Langford, local govt. OHC, Hey. II/v/4; ibid. …
A History of the County of Stafford
… his right of infangthief at Stapenhill, that there was no gallows there, and that thieves had had to be tried at the … to avoid the implications of the 1740 Vagrancy Act. 21 Gallows and Punitive Instruments There was evidently a gallows in 1012 on Burton meadow. 22 In 1293 the abbot …