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A History of the County of Oxford
… 16th-century clothiers included members of the Yate, Temple, Gunn, Jones, and Rankell families, some of them … served as town officers: Leonard Yate (d. 1554) and Robert Temple (d. 1568) were respectively taxed on 20 and 16 in … and Burford, 131 and 'spinning houses' in Milton, Wootton, Combe, and Bampton where Witney blanket-makers had wool in …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… from the Saxon Willi or Vili, signifying "many," and Combe, "a deep ravine" or "dell." The town occupies a gentle …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… is the celebrated organ built in the 17th century, for the Temple church, London, by Harris, the competitor on that …
Thoroton's History of Nottinghamshire
… Mary, second daughter of Thomas Edwards, of the Middle-Temple, London, Esq by whom he had two sons, Francis and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… end, a new south porch was built at the expense of Thomas Combe of the university press, and the north chapel was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… finally to the dukes of Marlborough who sold it to Thomas Combe, superintendent of the Clarendon Press, Oxford, in 1855. Combe sold it to the university in 1872. 72 In 1608 there … the mill was not used again until after its sale to Thomas Combe in 1855. The mill was completely rebuilt in 1856, on a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… there were 172 children on the roll. 89 In 1857 Thomas Combe built a schoolroom on the north side of Mill Street for …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Inventories (late), Patents, Rates. Wood comb [wooden combe; wooden comb; wood combe; wodden comb; combes of wood] Cox, following Randle … Inventories (mid-period), Tradecards. Wool comb [woole combe; woll combe; wole comb; combes for wool] Sometimes …