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A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Introduction: Architecture and Buildings ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDINGS 1 Building Materials … in the 19th century to have been plague retreats of Oxford colleges. 16 The only confirmed example is Nos. 235 … Green, whose site was given to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1525, and where 86 was spent in 15268 probably on …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Local government LOCAL GOVERNMENT Seignorial Jurisdiction and Borough Courts Borough Autonomy By the mid 13th century … of nuisances and transportation of prisoners to Oxford at the bailiffs' cost. That, together with the … century they still bore the cost of conveying prisoners to Oxford. 148 Petty crime, including theft, assault, and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Witney borough Parish church and church life PARISH CHURCH AND CHURCH LIFE Origins and … an agreement of 1852, it was transferred to the bishop of Oxford, whose successors presented thereafter. 21 Endowment … but owed a rent charge of 4 6 s. 8 d. to Merton College, Oxford, granted in 1518 in return for college premises …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reflected the experience of many small cloth towns, 1 and may have had its origins in an earlier tradition of local … both in the popularity of Puritan church lecturers from Oxford, and in subsequent complaints against the alleged … century the combined meeting belonged to the newly formed Oxford Baptist Association, and in 1807 it joined the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… but no Witney townsmen seem to have been implicated, and in 1577 only five recusants were reported there. 2 Among … Witney was established with a bequest from Daniel Hanley, Oxford's first Roman Catholic mayor: a room supplied by the … celebrated on a monthly basis by visiting priests from Oxford and, later, from Buckland (then Berks.). 11 An oratory …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… W. by N.) from Wallingford; containing 125 inhabitants, and comprising 869 a. 2 r. 19 p. The living is a rectory, … by an ancient intrenchment supposed to be British, and to have been afterwards occupied by the Romans, Roman … appropriators, the Rector and Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford: the tithes were commuted for land in 1809. Funeral …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… (St. Andrew) WIVELISCOMBE ( St. Andrew), a market-town and parish, in the union of Wellington, W. division of the … separated by the river Learn, at its eastern boundary. The Oxford canal passes through it. The living is a discharged … appropriators, the Warden and Fellows of Merton College, Oxford. The great tithes, exclusively of Little Wolford, have …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex
… (D.d.) (O.S. 6 in. xxxvii. N.W.) Wivenhoe is a parish and small town on the left bank of the Colne, 3 m. S.E. of … of [Elizabeth, widow of above and wife of John, Earl of Oxford, 1537], large figure of woman in heraldic cloak with … (3) of Thomas Westeley, chaplain to the Countess of Oxford, 1535, figure of priest in mass vestments with chalice …
A History of the County of Essex
… Wivenhoe Manors and other estates CHURCH. The church existed by 1254 when … Abbots, was dissolved in 1538-9 by John, 15th earl of Oxford. 23 In 1548 its endowments were sold to Walter Cely, … Elizabeth de Vere (d. 1537), widow of John, 13th earl of Oxford, left to Wivenhoe church the vestments and ornaments …
A History of the County of Essex
… a small town. Wivenhoe became an urban district in 1898, and remained so until 1974 when it became part of the new … during the Wars of the Roses, John de Vere, 12th earl of Oxford, and his son were beheaded for supporting the … 1470 and 1471 at least 8 Wivenhoe men joined the earl of Oxford and his brother Thomas de Vere in supporting the …