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A History of the County of Oxford
… the Reformation. 38 Despite gradual erosion of the church's jurisdiction the parish remained unusually large for … town at the Beam. Burials near the medieval chapel of St. Andrew on the site of Beam Cottage are known only from … 88 From 1857 it briefly became the vicarage house for St. James's, Aston, 89 and was sold in 1866. 90 Descriptions of …
A History of the County of Oxford
… on Bampton Deanery manor in 1317 included 31 a. in Bampton's East field, and 248 a., some of it possibly inclosed, in … and hosiery. 53 From the early 19th century the solicitor James Rose, later in partnership with R. H. Bullen, son of a … be removed for 3 weeks before and after the feast of St. John the Baptist (24 June) in return for half a quarter …
A History of the County of Oxford
… of the trustees, left a further £100 providing that Veysey's will was performed, but by 1653, when the first master was … annuities yielding £16 a year to augment the master's salary, on condition that he should teach English and … 9 to 14, but closed in the later 1850s. 70 G. H. Drewe's St. Mary's College, opened in Weald Manor in 1859 and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… were included in Bampton civil parish. 36 The township's eastern boundary was marked in the 18th century by hedges … Cottage, nearby, was the site of the medieval chapel of St. Andrew 'of Beme', so called by 1317; an early … prominently in 12th- century accounts of the life of St. Frideswide which drew probably on earlier traditions, 87 …
A History of the County of Oxford
… ½ hide held by Ilbert de Lacy of the bishop of Bayeux's gift, a 'parcel' held by Walter son of Ponz, unspecified … thirds of his demesne tithes of Bampton to the chapel of St. George in Oxford castle, from which they passed to Osney … (d. 1509), and to Arthur's sister Joan and her husband James Saunders or Standish (d. 1557). 96 They seem to have …
A History of the County of Oxford
… granted to Osney abbey c. 1170 descended with the abbey's estate in Lew, and are treated below. 15 The Hospitallers … their preceptory at Clanfield, by 1279, when they owed 40 s. a year and suit of court to the lord of Bampton Earls. 16 … commissioner of the peace. 20 Following Nicholas Laundels's death his lands passed to his relict Eleanor and her second …
A History of the County of Oxford
… hundreds may have been reflected in the later hundred's division into east and west parts, each of which accounted … of the Berkshire hundred of Faringdon, though Langford's hamlets of Grafton and Radcot remained in Oxfordshire and in Bampton hundred. Widford, owned by St. Oswald's priory in Gloucester, belonged in 1086 to the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… are described elsewhere in this volume. The Hospital of St. John the Baptist, founded early in the 13th century, 1 stood just outside South Bar or St. John's Bar. The only record of its buildings, which were … his will of 1665 as lately built and in the occupation of James West, mercer. 27 It was certainly in the hands of the …
A History of the County of Oxford
… Forest, Prebendary of Banbury (d. 1446), bequeathed 66 13 s. 4 d. for 20 years to support 4 persons 'in my almshouse at … rate of 4 d. a week. 1 In 1448 the newly founded guild of St. Mary was authorized to hold property worth 100 marks a … gave the interest of 100 to be disposed of annually on St. Thomas's Day among the poor of Banbury, and the interest …
A History of the County of Oxford
… In 11856, when the rectory or prebend was in the king's hands during a vacancy, it yielded 6 11 s. 10 d. 5 In 1254 … a great barn and several other properties, one of which (St. Sunday's) 17 was said to be formerly the site of the … the nave. 180 Further advice was taken from the architects James Wyatt and S. P. Cockerell, as a result of which it was …