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Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… (1361-2) ANNO 35 EDWARD III. Monday next after the Feast of S. Valentine [14 Feb.]. Chaumpeneys (William), baker.To be buried in the church of S. Thomas the Apostle. Bequests to the churches and ministers of S. Mary de Fanchirche and S. Thomas aforesaid; to various …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting, London
… (1375-6) ANNO 49 EDWARD III. Monday next after the Feast of Conversion of S. Paul [25 Jan.]. Tamworthe or Thamworthe (John de).To be buried in the church of S. Sepulchre without Neugate. Bequests to the said church …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… II (1311-12) ANNO 5 EDWARD II. Monday next after the Feast of S. Mary Magdalen [22 July]. Comptone (Cristiana de).To Thomas her son in tail her house in the parish of Berkingcherche; remainder to charitable uses. To London … Bridge sixpence. No date. Roll 40 (10). Monday the Morrow of the Feast of S. James, Apostle [25 July]. Carleton …
Calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of Husting
… II (1314-15) ANNO 8 EDWARD II. Monday next after the Feast of S. James, Apostle [25 July]. Bacheler (John).To Dyonisia his mother tenements and rents in the parishes of All Hallows de Berkyngcherche near the Tower of London and S. Margaret near Bridge Street, so that she pay …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Industry since c.1500 INDUSTRY SINCE c. 1500 The fortunes of Wilton which formerly had been built on a multiplicity of crafts and trading activities, gradually came to depend upon the only surviving craft of any importance, namely that of the textile industry. From …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… and St. Paul), a market-town and parish, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Norton-Ferris, E. division of Somerset, 34 miles (E.) from Taunton, and 108 (W. by S.) …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester Fairs and trades EARLY HISTORY THE FAIR OF ST. GILES Winchester, well placed on a river navigable by small craft to the foot of St. Giles Down, near but not too near the coast and served by ancient roads, was predestined for the haunt of custom, quickened later by all the demands of a capital …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The ancient custom THE ANCIENT CUSTOM OF WINCHESTER The 'ancient custom,' the 'old law' of Winchester so often allowed to the rising boroughs 1 of the 12th century, is of peculiar interest. In certain …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The borough BOROUGH In spite of the tradition that the merchant gild of Winchester was created by Ethelwulf, father of Alfred the … own authority; without the assent of the mayor admitted strangers to that liberty, and further made and imposed at …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… Winchester The cathedral CATHEDRAL The history of the Old Minster of Winchester, setting aside the legends of King Lucius, may … served, as at St. Albans, as an entrance for townsfolk and strangers. In the south transept the aisles are still …