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A History of the County of Oxford
… owed over a third of the total rental. 70 The hospital's estate had been granted in the mid 13th century by … 100, also had a tallow chandler's workshop. 24 Alexander Johnson (d. 1681), mercer, like Sparrow used the Grocers' … later 17th-century mercers Thomas Sparrow and Alexander Johnson left personalty worth 666 and over 700, and Johnson's …
A History of the County of Oxford
… master, who was to be a good preacher. 88 In 1587 Cornwell's relict Mary Dolman gave money to trustees to buy property … bursaries for higher education. 33 Alderman Benjamin Johnson, by will proved 1715, gave £50 to the corporation for … admission fees. 37 For a time in the 1830s and 1840s the Johnson charity pupils may have been taught with those of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… its customs were ancient. The plots laid out at the town's foundation were held by burgage tenure, 76 and the … Woodstock, whose bailiff was accountable for the borough's rents, market tolls, and profits of court. 79 In King … a year, extended in 1783 for two years at 180. 62 James Johnson, farmer of the poor by 1790, 63 was dismissed in 1795 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 88 but in 1553 the borough again provided two M.P.s. Returns were usually made by the mayor and commonalty, … member, 90 and the rejection by parliament of the freemen's choice when there was a double return in 1640 may not have … In 1571 Peniston shared the representation with Martin Johnson, Knollys's servant; George Whitton, who replaced his …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Northamptonshire
… NW, b SP 75 NE) Wootton parish, 702 hectares in area, lies S. of Northampton and the R. Nene. It is separated from the … a narrow access to the Nene. Its boundary on the W. and S. sides is formed by the Wootton Brook while its boundary to … 3), N.W. of Wootton Hill Farm and S.W. of Hunsbury Hill Fort, on Northampton Sands, at 92 m. above OD. The villa was …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… cathedral, of which the only one now remaining is Edgar's tower. In 1041, a tax imposed by Hardicanute excited an … hope of victory was dispelled; Cromwell carried the royal fort by storm, putting all the garrison to the sword, and … monuments, among which those of Bishops Hough, Maddox, and Johnson, and of Mrs. Rae, are good specimens of sculpture. To …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… [illegible] your humble petitioners and servants William Johnson Thomas Morton Richard Chrispe Samuel Birchett rector …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… a taylor 3 children of one Nicholas 5 of one Jackson's and one of a certeyne woman called Black Besse, all lately …
Petitions to the Worcestershire Quarter Sessions, 1592-1797
… sessions 1739 allowing and appointing your peticioner's dwelling house in the town of Bromsgrove aforesaid to be a … [illegible] James Shaw of Dudley, a creditor of Samuel Johnson. Ref.110 BA1/1/353/16 (1748) To the clerk of the peace for the county of Worcester Whereas Samuel Johnson late of Dudley in the said county but now a prisoner …