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A History of the County of Oxford
… only one £10 sum, part of Nash's gift, had been lost. 18 Reference in 1844 to the difficulty of finding sureties for … benefaction for six widows was celebrated in verse, but reference to allowances from May 1795 to six almsmen, if not … a distribution of bread was made in 1637, but no later reference has been found, although the sermon charity was …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and may have been provided by the townsmen; in 1535 reference was made to a curate's salary of £6 by composition … corporate involvement. In 1526 the chantry priest, Thomas Harris, was taxed on £5 6 s. 8 d. and in 1535 the chantry was … in the life of Thomas Becket, given to the Bodleian Library in 1797, are thought to have been removed from …
A History of the County of Oxford
… aged, Spencer Court, and a fire station, police station, library, and car park. Houses were built on the gas works …
A History of the County of Oxford
… 1830s none could remember assertion of the privilege. 17 Reference to Woodstock's poverty in the mid 16th century was … costly clothes and books, and a later landlord Joseph Harris (d. 1635), mercer and alderman, left c. 125. 37 John … aware of the important Oxford glove industry, made no reference to gloving in Woodstock, nor is there evidence that …
A History of the County of Oxford
… in the 1590s the corporation made donations to the college library. 95 The earliest grammar school may have been on the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the building was later used as a garage. 62 There was a library in the corporation's care in 1746, 63 and book … was established c. 1852 with 60 subscribers and a small library. 65 Probably from the outset it was in Market Street … bought the Institute's stock as the basis of a public library. 68 In the 18th century the town was noted for …
A History of the County of Oxford
… the excluded dissenters and Liberals. After 1886 no reference to common or hereditary freemen has been found. … the charter of 1664 was the result of gradual development. Reference in 1461 to 'the mayor and his brethren and other of … from 1886. The corporation administered the public library from 1895 until it was taken over by the country …
A History of the County of Oxford
… reciting precedents. Account to 1740 based on Frances Harris, 'Election eering of Sarah, duchess of Marlborough', …
A History of the County of Oxford
… to recruit largely from outside the town, however, and no reference has been found to a separate Independent meeting …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… branch of the North of England bank; a public subscription library is supported, and a mechanics' institute was …