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A History of the County of Oxford
… from the bishop in 121011, 27 while members of the Raulin family later rented the market and fair tolls. 28 Their …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the factory system, and the emergence of large commercial family firms. 1 The blanket industry remained dominant, its … or inns, and comparable numbers of women supplemented family income as dress- or bonnet-makers, glovers, or … of large numbers of small master-weavers by a few dominant family firms with sufficient capital. In large part such …
A History of the County of Oxford
… companies by 1910, though they remained essentially family firms until after the Second World War. 13 A fourth …
A History of the County of Oxford
… when Roger of Standlake, one of a prominent Witney burgess family, learnt to read there. 1 John Scolemaster of Witney … in the 1690s and elementary schools endowed by the Blake family of Cogges, provided minimal instruction in literacy … Smith (d. 1874), born in 1815 to a relatively humble family of blanket-workers, may have been typical. Having …
A History of the County of Oxford
… carriers visited London once a week. 80 A long-standing family business carrying to London was advertised in 1764, 81 … in the early 17th century probably by one of the Gunn family, prominent clothiers, drapers, and farmers. 185 A … as it had probably been from the 1470s, by the local Brice family with the demesne farm. 187 Suburban Development and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the market place. The house was probably owned by the Gunn family, 25 at the time among the richest in the town; … built probably in 1715 for Henry and Anne Werge, 30 whose family earlier included mercers and clothiers. 31 The house … described in 1815 as 'fit for the reception of a genteel family', with a spacious hall and handsome staircase, 34 was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Fermor alias Ricards (d. 1485) and members of the Box family. 51 Bailiffs in the 16th century were business- or … in Hailey. 270 From 1823 to 1857 later members of the Batt family ran a private lunatic asylum in Witney at No. 33 High …
A History of the County of Oxford
… was succeeded as lessee by Stephen Brice (d. 1620), whose family had held the demesne and probably the manor house from … with the demesne, notably to members of the resident Brice family who remained tenants until the mid 17th century, 33 … Later lessees included, from 1795, members of the Dolley family, local blanket-makers, by 1818 Charles Henderson, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… (fl. 1330s); of those, Lambert belonged to a prominent family of Witney burgesses. 54 A priest and three clerks … by Richard of Standlake, one of a leading Witney family, who in 1331 was licensed to endow a chapelwarden and … in a house in Corn Street formerly owned by the Standlake family. 81 In 1535 the endowment was valued at 4 6 s. 8 d., …
A History of the County of Oxford
… weaver, a town bailiff, and members of the prominent Gunn family. 2 By the early 17th century there was a marked … preacher William Martin (d. 1686) came from a local family of clothiers and fullers. 5 The prevalence of such … ecumenical liberalism was typified by many of the Early family, among them Richard (d. 1856), who, though 'sincerely …