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A History of the County of Essex
… evidently in existence by 1177 when it was confirmed among the possessions of the canons of Waltham Holy Cross. 1 In … a rector. But part of the income may have been reserved for the sacristy: a composition was made in 1224 between the … with the lordship of the manor until 1898, 4 except for occasional turns. Thus, for example, Sir Thomas More …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Manors and other estates MANORS AND OTHER ESTATES. The manor of WOODMANCOTE was held in 1066 by Countess Guda, … chief landowners in the parish in 1938, 90 who offered it for sale in 1947 when it comprised 196 a. in Woodmancote and … The date 1726 on the west side, with the initials EH for Edward Hill, occupier c. 1729, 94 may date some of the …
A History of the County of Sussex
… Nonconformity NONCONFORMITY. Two Quakers were presented for living together though unmarried in 1676. 40 In the same year six dissenters in all were listed in the … 41 and in the 1680s five parishioners were presented for non-attendance at church. 42 There was one Quaker family …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1:3,348 (approx. 19 in. to 1 mile). Quitrents imposed on the town's original burgages survived until the 1930s. They … listed them annually with its other rents. Rentals survive for 1598, 1602, 1609-18, 1652, 1654, 1684, and for most years … 77 From 1930 the former workhouse was a home for the elderly, Hensington House. Most of the buildings were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Charities for the poor Charities for the Poor Municipal Charities. The … Court in 1970, providing sheltered accommodation for the elderly; the Blenheim Estate trustees sold adjacent land for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Development of the town Development of the town New Woodstock developed at a … until the 15th century. 93 The original town was smaller, for there was growth in the 13th century and early 14th. In 1204 the town was farmed for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Woodstock Economic history Economic history In the century after its foundation the town prospered, … a chapman, a harper, and a potter. Evidence adduced for a substantial pottery industry in Woodstock is weak, 68 … 66. 61 Other glovers seem to have been poor, and Andrew Homes, who had a limepit behind his house near Woodstock …
A History of the County of Oxford
… New Woodstock was founded by Henry II to provide lodgings for his retinue when he was at Woodstock Park, which he visited regularly for love of Rosamund Clifford; he therefore provided land outside the park so that men might build hospitia, and he granted a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… TO 1886.When New Woodstock was incorporated in 1453 75 the borough and its customs were ancient. The plots laid out … 78 The development of self-government was only gradual, for the vill was merely one of several 'members' of the royal manor of Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… Woolaston Church CHURCH. The church of Woolaston was recorded in the foundation grant … the abbot had failed to present. William held the rectory for life, but at the next vacancy a vicar was instituted; 95 … secured judgement in 1718 against two parishioners for failing to pay great tithes, on the evidence that he had …