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A History of the County of Oxford
… for only £4, which included market tolls and quitrents or 'landgable', small annual rents applied to the original … in the borough, of which 76 were described as tenements or parts thereof, 30 as messuages, and 33 as cottages; there … Boro. Mun., 83/1, pp. 28-9; ibid. 96, f. 87; ibid. Garret Ho. deeds. Below, Local Govt., Municipal Bldgs. Below, Bldgs. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… a total of only c. 3 5 s., less than nearby Hanborough or any Oxfordshire market town except Eynsham. 72 In 1327 … to have been succeeded there by the mercer John Barnes (or Baron), ten times mayor in the early 16th century. … Wills Oxon. 126/4/10; 131/1/2, in which Thos. Beckley's ho. was probably no. 7 High Street: above, Bldgs. no. 56. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… declaring a 'play day' (holiday) should pay 2 s. 6 d. or 5 s. according to rank, which should be spent on books. 16 … in the mid 18th century the pupils in 1825 comprised 20 or 30 boys, chiefly sons of the 'most respectable' townsmen. … Ibid. 89, p. 463; 90, pp. 47, 62, 67; 143/1-20; P.R.O., HO 107/893. Schs. Inquiry Com. (1866-7), pp. 279-81. Boro. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… representative of the inhabitants and lacked the funds or the will to meet the growing demands of local government. … begun in 1705. Thereafter many townsmen depended directly or indirectly on the palace and estate. Tourism became … No evidence has been found to connect him with Cromwell Ho.: below, Bldgs. no. 48. Nicholas Pps. i (Camd. Soc. 2nd …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in addition to their market, probably also had their court or portmoot, frequently recorded in the 13th century. 77 The … to that farm ceased to be of direct concern to the Crown or to its officers. The borough's independence may then have … hand payable to Mr. Brotherton; Wharton was at Woodstock Ho. in the 1720s and John Brotherton was mayor 17213. Bodl. …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in 1584 and 1586, were presumably nominees of Knollys or Lee. 98 Whitton's election perhaps owed less to his park … Henry Wise. 53 Non-resident freemen qualified by patrimony or apprenticeship were also registered in large numbers, and … much of the rural part of the new constituency. Sir James Graham, trustee of the Marlborough estates, commented that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… earlier site; it was known as the United Free Methodist or the Olivet chapel. 81 In 1881 a resident minister was … (1835), xlii. Ch. and Chapel, 1851, no. 499. e.g. P.R.O., HO 107/893, 1730; ibid. RG 10/1449; RG Circular Letter of …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… was in need of repair in 1739. 20 The rectory was rebuilt or remodelled in 1814. 21 It consists of a three-story … square two-light windows, and traces of either a niche or third window. 50 The inner doorway, also renewed or much restored, has similar shafts and a depressed …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… 1086 there was no demesne land in either Woolaston manor or Aluredston, though the king held two fisheries in demesne … Roads Grove, part of Oakhill Wood, presumably for assarts or pasture rights. 18 The abbey and its tenants had been … Much of the north part of the parish was woodland or waste, and the former Tintern Abbey granges were enclosed. …