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A History of the County of Oxford
… manor bought from Benjamin Holloway. 73 The architect was George Wilkinson of Witney and the contractors Messrs. Wyatt … Bennet, and in 1468, as 'le Palys inn with the sign of St. George', was acquired by Thomas Croft. 97 The George inn was among the endowments of Croft's chantry in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the grammar school estate. 20 By will proved 1817 George, duke of Marlborough, left £500 for the poor of Oxford … funds yielding £1 10 s. a year. 22 By will of 1865 George Benham left £10 a year to the poor which in 1868, when …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of divinity, 88 preached regularly, as did his curate George Self. In 1637 wine was given to 24 preachers and in … many times between 1612 and 1621. Leading divines such as George Hakewill and Henry Tozer were perhaps secured because … were usually resident and sometimes long serving: George Self resided for 11 years before obtaining a living in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… demolished. The principal medieval inns were probably the George, the Bull, and the Crown. The George, later the Marlborough Arms, on Oxford Street was an … to the inn for centuries, 93 and there were adjacent George and Bull meadows on the river Glyme. 94 Most of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the site of one of the principal later medieval inns, the George (later the Marlborough Arms), belonged in 1279 to one … in Oxfordshire and Bristol. 92 In 1468 he held the George inn and two other Woodstock houses, later acquiring … followed by an Act in 1576 making Woodstock a staple town. George Whitton, alderman and M.P., probably instigated the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… abortive agrarian uprising of 1596, when the activities of George Whitton, former mayor and prominent local landowner, …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Alderman William Skelton, butcher, the other by Alderman George Whitton, comptroller of Woodstock park and lord of … prominent in both park and borough in the 1550s, 21 and George served as mayor in 1571 and 1572 and M.P. from 1572. … century made few substantial constitutional changes. 26 George Whitton never rejoined the council but remained a …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the representation with Martin Johnson, Knollys's servant; George Whitton, who replaced his cousin Peniston in 1572, was … by joining forces with Wheate, who was also supported by George, earl of Lichfield. In 1722 Crisp and William Clayton, … support. Much reliance was placed on the town clerks George and Edward Ryves, and the rectors intervened on behalf …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… books at 7. 0. 10., and in the patronage of the Hon. Mrs. George Ponsonby: the tithes have been commuted for 280, and … of glebe. The Roman Catholics have a chapel. Woolhope (St. George) WOOLHOPE ( St. George), a parish, in the union of Ledbury, hundred of …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset
… of 1816. Royal Arms: In N. aisle, painted wooden panel, George III before 1800, and inscribed with the name of the …