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A History of the County of Oxford
… noted Oxford university preacher of that name. 86 On some days there were two sermons and double sermons seem to have … with prayers on Wednesdays, Fridays, and certain saints' days, and the pattern of services was largely unchanged in …
A History of the County of Oxford
… day of Woodstock's chapel; by then both fairs lasted two days, but at the request of the tenants of Woodstock manor were extended in 1319 to eight days before each feast and eight days after. 12 Both fairs were confirmed at the incorporation …
A History of the County of Oxford
… eight coaches to London and three to Birmingham on most days, and daily coaches to Holyhead, Worcester, Shrewsbury, … John Butler wrote to Waller from Woodstock, but a few days later royalist troops were sent there and the royalist … that its rent from Woodstock property had halved since the days of regular royal visits 98 and in the 1680s there were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… restrict such trade to inhabitants only, except on market days, was dashed on the third reading. 16 The borough's … they should sit and be called. 45 On Sundays and holy days the mayor processed to church behind the macebearer in … 17th century recorders visited regularly, chiefly for law days, licensing sessions, or royal visits; they were …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and Benjamin Merrick, a Woodstock resident, signed a few days earlier by c. 45 freemen, was rejected by parliament in … once more with the hospitality and revelry of bygone days', 22 but by 1844 there were familiar complaints of …
A Dictionary of London
… and may have grown over and about the City Wall in early days. The City Wall ran along the north side of this street, …